Madinah: A woman gave birth to baby girl in Prophet’s (PBUH) Masjid in Madinah after developing labour pain in masjid’s courtyards, Saudi Gazette reported.

Director General of Saudi Red Crescent Authority’s Madinah branch Dr Ahmed bin Ali Al-Zahrani said SRCA volunteer team attached to ambulance centre on Al-Haram premises managed to help woman to deliver her baby safely. According to report, Dr Al-Zahrani pointed out that when teams arrived at scene, they found woman in critical state as she was about to give birth. “Woman was experiencing contractions, indicating that she was in labour. Her water had broken and baby’s head had already come out,” SRCA team said.

Team swung into action strictly following protocols in such situations and started to assist woman to give birth. A health practitioner who was present at site offered support.

After successfully delivering baby, mother and child were transferred to Bab Jibril Health Centre for further checkups, Dr Al-Zahrani said such cases required intensive medical care.

He said team was able to safely deliver baby because of specialised medical training they had received as health practitioners.

Published in The Daily National Courier, November, 26 2022

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