Yesterday morning I was heading to the gate to get one of the guards to buy me a coke. When I got to the courtyard there was a lot of commotion going on in the street, just outside the gates of the hospital. One of the Haitian EMTs checked on the situation and said that there was a lady about to give birth in the street. Since, we aren't allowed to leave the hospital property it took some convincing to get the guards to open the gates for us. But one of them escorted us across the street where the baby was delivered on the road. Great luck that Joanna, an OBGYN, was working in triage that morning! Joanna and Mitch stayed to take care of the mom and passed me the baby. I ran her back to the triage tent to examine her. Mom and baby both did great and went home that afternoon. I told everybody, "I was just going to get a coke and I came back with a baby." :) Just a typical Saturday morning in Haiti!
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| Mitch, Me, Joanna, and Sanja with our special delivery |
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| Healthy baby girl |
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| Jim, one of the Haitian EMTs. It was his first time holding a baby! |
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