A woman gave birth to a baby while traveling this Thursday morning on a Valencia EMT bus, in a emergency delivery who has been assisted by the father and passengers of the vehicle, as reported by city council sources.
After the birth, the bus driver on line 93 (Avinguda del Cid-Passeig Marítim), Antonio Rodriguezwith 23 years of work in the company, has diverted his route to take the newborn to the Clinical Hospital, a boy who he is okay, and the mother.
The birth took place at 7:30 a.m. after the woman and her husband got on the bus near the promenade and a few minutes later she went into laborat the height of Avinguda de Tarongers.
The baby He was born in five minutes and, at first, the mother was assisted by the father and the driver, and then the entire ticket helped the couple.
According to the Valencia City Council, the passengers have congratulated the bus driver for his quick action and reaction, by treating them immediately and taking them to the hospital for medical attention.
The council remembers that EMT drivers and inspectors have the status of law enforcement officers on board a bus.
The driver had not witnessed a birth
The driver has assured in statements to the media that he has three children but they were born by cesarean section and he had never witnessed a birth. “Is the first time I see him with the cord“The truth is that it has made me very excited,” he said.
The first thing you thought about is Where could I divert the bus route? to avoid encountering traffic, since Avenida de Catalunya is usually blocked early in the morning, and through the service road he has been able to pass and travel to the hospital “very quickly” and “without complications.”
Upon arrival at the Clinic, he has begun to honk the horn so that vehicles will let you pass and to warn the Emergency Room staff, who have transferred the mother and baby to the hospital on a stretcher with the umbilical cord still uncut.
This morning we witnessed a very special moment! Many thanks to all the people involved, and especially to our driver for his quick action. Congratulations
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— EMT Valencia (@emtvalencia) May 30, 2024
According to what he said, at the first stop of the line in Malva-rosa a couple got on and The woman was “in pain” and after passing four or five more stops, a passenger told him that the woman was in labor.
The driver thought that they would get off at the next stop, but the same passenger alerted him two minutes later that labor had already begun and the mother’s water had broken. So has decided to take them to the hospital and has asked the passengers, about 30 people at that time, to They will not request stops. When turning onto Blasco Ibáñez Avenue, he heard the newborn’s cry.
The father thanked the driver for his performance with a pat on the back, since The couple was foreign and, apparently, did not know Spanish.
Source: EFE
