Friday, May 4, 2007

Woman waits 2 hours, then gives birth outside home in Wangsa Maju

A WOMAN had to give birth in front of her house with the help of her husband and two police personnel after having waited two hours for an ambulance , Harian Metro reported.

Rossdiana Faddly, 28, gave birth to a 2.31kg baby girl in Wangsa Maju, Kuala Lumpur, at about 6.30am last week.

Shahril Daud, 30, said he called a private hospital when his wife suffered labour pains at about 4.30am but was told to contact another hospital as his house was too far from the hospital.

“The second private hospital also rejected my request saying that their ambulances were not in service at that moment,” he said, adding that he then called Hospital Kuala Lumpur.

The hospital agreed to send an ambulance as soon as possible.

At 6.30am, a desperate Shahril called the Wangsa Maju police station and two police personnel Constables Mohd Zahri Ramzan and Dzulaiha Mohd Nahapiah were sent to the scene before a call was made to the Defence Department for an ambulance.

The report said the HKL ambulance showed up two hours after Shahril had called the hospital.



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