Upon arrival at Beroroha Hospital, she was examined and it was confirmed that a  caesarean section was needed to deliver the baby. The due date had already passed.

The local medical inspector called our Maholy late in the evening to request an emergency C-section. Maholy mobilised our surgical team, who had arrived that day and  were already asleep. They arrived at the hospital a few minutes after the call….

Maholy picks up the story…

We rushed to sterilise the surgical instruments and forceps. Meanwhile, the hospital staff and our team tried to calm the mother. While we were still sterilising the equipment, our anaesthesiologist informed us that the baby’s other foot had already emerged.

We could not perform the emergency operation once the baby’s limb was out, so we all did everything we could to help the baby come out. Our surgeon who helped the mother deliver the baby. When the baby was out, she wasn’t breathing, she was completely blue and covered in faeces from head to toe.

The baby had already passed faeces in its mother’s womb. The entire surgical and hospital team mobilised to resuscitate the baby (oxygen, suction). After an hour and a half of resuscitation, its breathing became normal and it began to cry.