Thursday, May 18, 2023 10:00 AM
A woman in the third decade of life gave birth to her newborn inside an ambulance in Cairo, and the incident began when the hotline of the Egyptian Ambulance Authority received 123 telephone calls for a birth case in the Maadi district, and as soon as the ambulance arrived and started moving to the hospital, the paramedic was surprised that the mother had already begun to give birth. .
The car was stopped on the side of the road and he began to reassure the mother and help her in childbirth. The paramedic was able to gently remove the umbilical cord that was almost wrapped around the baby’s head, and he was 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.
After that, the mother and her newborn were taken to the hospital, where the doctors reassured the condition of the mother and her newborn, and the mother left the hospital on the same day.
While Dr. Amr Rashid, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Egyptian Ambulance Authority, praised the example and example provided by the driver and the paramedic, the hero of the incident, and their arrival at the distress site within a few minutes, and their ability to contain the situation despite its difficulty and accuracy, as he directed to honor them and pay them a reward.