Woman gives birth in front of Witkoppen Clinic

According to Janet Malone, business development manager of the Witkoppen Clinic, the woman arrived at the gate of the clinic before 6am already in labour.

“She was not able to reach her nearest hospital, the Hillbrow Community Health Centre, which is 20 kilometres from Witkoppen Clinic and 50km from Diepsloot where she lives,” said Malone.

She explained that the woman stopped at the clinic gate to ask for assistance and was attended to by the security guard. She was then assisted by a primary healthcare nurse and auxiliary nurse, who were already at work.

The nurses were forced to improvise and collected delivery packs and blankets from the emergency room in the clinic – as they were unable to transport her because she was already in the final stages of labour and couldn’t be moved.

“Precautions were put in place to ensure the privacy of the mother, and that mother and baby came to no harm,” Malone said.

Emergency Services from the fire department arrived minutes later and also offered their assistance.

Both mother and child are healthy.

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