MANAMA: Two hero paramedics delivered a surprise bundle of joy when they arrived to take a pregnant Bahraini to hospital only to find she had already given birth to one child and had another on the way.
Indian paramedic Prince Joseph and his assistant and driver Bahraini Abdullah Adnan told the GDN that they were pleasantly stunned when they reached the Ma’ameer home of Sadiq Mohammed yesterday morning ... just eight minutes after receiving a distress call saying his wife, Eman Ali Hassan, was in labour.
“By the time we reached there, the mother had already given birth to a boy, and he was crying next to her on the bed,” Mr Joseph told the GDN. “We then realised she was carrying twins and the second baby was almost out.”
The paramedics sprung into action as both babies were still attached to mum’s umbilical cord.
“I first disconnected the baby boy, covered him and attended to the second,” Mr Joseph said.
After the successful birth, the exhausted 27-year-old mother and babies were taken by ambulance to Salmaniya Medical Complex (SMC) followed by Mr Mohammed.
Today, the couple have returned home with baby Mohammed, the first to arrive who weighed in at 2.6kg. His tiny 1.6kg sister, Maria, is being cared for at SMC.
Baby Mohammed
They also have two older daughters, Safiya, six and Malak, two.
The Interior Ministry yesterday said the main operations room of paramedics of the National Ambulance Centre received a call from a Bahraini man at 7.19am.
A qualified medical team and equipment reached the home in just eight minutes. The paramedics assisted in delivering the babies, the ministry added.
“During all the years in my job I have attended to deliveries but this is the first time that I have handled the birth of twins,” 34-year-old Mr Joseph said.
The mother was alone when she went into labour but by the time the paramedics reached the house, her husband had rushed back from work.
“Looking back at the incident I feel so grateful to God – such an incident doesn’t happen always,” the paramedic said.
“We are thankful to God that the mother and babies are safe.”
Mr Joseph from Changanassery in Kerala has been working in Bahrain for seven years at the BDF hospital and with the national ambulance service ever since its inception in 2019. His wife, Pintu, is a nurse at the BDF hospital and the couple has two children – Rueben, six, and Elisha, four.
Mr Adnan, 28, who lives in Riffa, also shared his excitement with the GDN.
“This was my first time seeing the arrival of new born twins and it was a great feeling,” he said.
Mr Mohammed said his wife went into labour unexpectedly and it was news to the family that she was carrying twins.
“I had gone to work in the morning and Eman was tired, but showed no signs of pain,” said the 30-year-old who works as a driver with a private company.
“Later she called me saying that she could not bear the pain and I called 999. By the time I reached home, the ambulance had arrived. I was surprised that my wife had already delivered one baby and one more was on the way – we never knew and we are overjoyed with the twin blessings.”
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