March 29, 2023 05:06 pm | Updated 05:06 pm IST - COIMBATORE
The 108 ambulance crew with the newborn and mother late on Tuesday | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Buy Pmk Oil In USA
A 20-year-old woman from a village near Annur in Coimbatore district gave birth to a baby, with the crew of a 108 ambulance attending to her labour, late on Tuesday. The woman, P. Vinothini of Vakkanamkombu, a remote village, gave birth to a baby boy.
Sources with the GVK Emergency Management and Research Institute (GVK EMRI), which operates the 108 ambulance services, said that Ms. Vinothini had been consulting a doctor at the Primary Health Centre, Pogalur. The young woman suddenly went into labout late on Tuesday, following which her husband dialed the 108 emergency service. Even as the emergency medical technician of the ambulance A. Dinesh and pilot M. Nandagopal reached the house around 9.30 p.m., Ms. Vinodhini was in the throes of the delivery, with the newborn’s head coming out. Mr. Dinesh attended the labour with the support of Mr. Nandagopal and the woman delivered her child.
The mother and child were taken to the Government Hospital, Mettupalayam, where doctors examined them. G. Vignesh, Emergency Management Executive with the GVK EMRI, said the condition of the mother and child was stable. It was the woman’s first delivery.
Residents of Vakkanamkombu, lauded the 108 team for their timely intervention in ensuring the safe delivery of the baby and the wellbeing of the mother.
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