Woman Goes Into Labour On The Way To Hospital, EMT Helps Deliver Baby In Ambulance

Ajith is an EMT attached to a '108' ambulance and saving lives is nothing new for him. But this was different.?

Gokilamani Kumar is from a village near Batharakaliayamman temple in Mettupalayam. She gave birth to a son on the way to the hospital.?

M Nandha Gopal was driving the ambulance.?

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"We reached the patient's house by crossing a 15km-distance in 25 minutes. However, the mother started going into labour and the baby had to be delivered in the ambulance in the five-minute journey from the village to the GH,” he said.?

“Ajith helped her deliver the baby," he added.?

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It was a placental delivery involving two arteries and one vein.?

Ambulances take people to the hospital for help. But this time there was help inside the ambulance itself. All thanks to the EMT.?

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