Healthy baby boy born on Malibongwe Drive
A Johannesburg mother delivered a healthy baby boy on Malibongwe Drive in Nietgedacht‚ north of the city‚ on Monday afternoon.Emergency services‚ EMER-G-MED‚ said paramedics received a call just after 4.30pm."Paramedics were dispatched to reports of a maternity case at 'the Lion Park Crossing' - a colloquial name for the intersection of the R114 and Malibongwe Drive in Nietgedacht‚" EMER-G-MED said in a statement.The mother-to-be was found lying on the side of the road in active labour."Our paramedic immediately prepared his equipment to safely deliver the baby‚ while a passing ambulance - en-route back to Thabazimbi after a long distance inter-hospital transfer - was flagged down by bystanders."The mother delivered a healthy baby and they are both in a stable condition.They were transported by provincial ambulance crews to the Dr Yusuf Dadoo Hospital in Krugersdorp for further observation...
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