[CathyRyan]

HONG KONG (AP) - Doctors saved the baby of a pregnant woman dying of the respiratory ailment known as SARS, delivering the child by Caesarean section, hospital officials said. The mother was one of nine people whose deaths were reported today as Hong Kong struggles to combat the disease.

[EternalHope]

It will be medically significant to find out if SARS was passed from the mother to the baby prior to birth.