Abdul Rahman Sayed _ Ahmed Ismail
Wednesday, May 17, 2023 08:25 PM
In a rare incident in the Maadi neighborhood, where a woman in the third decade of life gave birth inside an ambulance, which represents a practical test of the speed and effectiveness of the ambulance system in its entirety, and the ability of the ambulance crews to work under the most severe conditions, with extreme professionalism and professionalism.
At the beginning of the incident, the hotline of the Egyptian Ambulance Authority received 123 phone calls with the presence of a birth case in the Maadi neighborhood, which was immediately followed by directing the control room and command responsible for managing the Egyptian Ambulance Authority’s fleet to the nearest car to the distress site, as the car code 3067, led by a vehicle driving technician, rushed Ambulance Ayman Hamdi and paramedic Mohie Sharif to help the mother.
Immediately after the ambulance arrived, the paramedic began assessing the mother’s condition, which required him to transfer her urgently with the help of his colleague to the ambulance, and as soon as the ambulance started moving towards the hospital, the paramedic was surprised that the mother had already begun to give birth. Reassuring the mother and helping her in childbirth, as the paramedic was able to gently remove the umbilical cord that was almost wrapped around the baby’s head, and he was also able to cut the umbilical cord properly, and ensured the safety of the newborn and the regularity of its vital signs, as well as the safety of the mother, and this was followed by taking the mother and her newborn to the hospital, where Doctors reassured the condition of the mother and her newborn, and the mother left the hospital in the aftermath.
In the same context, Dr. Amr Rashid, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Egyptian Ambulance Authority, affirmed that this incident comes to demonstrate in a practical way the success of the Egyptian ambulance system in keeping pace with the state’s approach to providing services to the citizen that rise to the global level, praising the example and example provided by the two colleagues, the hero of the incident, and their arrival at the distress site in Within a few minutes, they were able to contain the situation, despite the difficulty and accuracy of the incident. He also directed honoring and rewarding the crew.
