Aljustrel: Firefighters attend childbirth the middle of the trip to the hospital.
Woman gave birth in Santa Vitória (Beja), inside the ambulance of Aljustrel Fire. it was the birth assistants in the middle of the trip to the hospital.
For John Lemos and Ana Catarina night yesterday had everything to be like so many others in the barracks of the Volunteer Fire Department of Aljustrel, when the 01,10 hours, accompanied by her husband enters ports within, a woman in labor.
Transported to a distress ambulance, the two crew members make the evaluation of the mother, of 24 year old, pass the data to the patients Urgent Guidance Center (CODU), having received the indication to transport the woman to the Beja Hospital.
On the way, in the village of Santa Vitoria, already in Beja county, cerca the 01,42 hours, birth became imminent and John Lemos, of 30 year old, and Ana Catarina, of 23 year old, They assumed the role of midwives and helped give birth to a girl. The birth had helped the team VMER Beja who had moved to meet the ambulance.
To John this was the first birth, Ana is already the second baby to be born that helps. When Lidador News (LN), João Lemos confessed they are both "very happy to help a child is born. Not only misfortune is done our job ", finished.
After childbirth, mother, who already has three children, and daughter were transported to the Beja Hospital, both being in good health.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
