A KZN taxi driver went above and beyond after he called paramedics and pulled his vehicle over to assist a passenger who went into labour. Photo: IPSS Medical Rescue / Facebook
Unexpected labour prompts KZN taxi driver to step in and call for help
A KZN taxi driver went above and beyond after he called paramedics to assist his passenger who went into labour.
A KZN taxi driver went above and beyond after he called paramedics and pulled his vehicle over to assist a passenger who went into labour. Photo: IPSS Medical Rescue / Facebook
IPSS Medical Rescue shared the heartwarming news of how a taxi driver did the most to assist his passenger.
Taxi driver reaches out to ambulance to assist his passenger
According to IPSS, they received a call from a taxi driver after one of his passengers travelling from Inanda to Mandeni, KZN, went into labour. The medical crews met the taxi after the driver pulled the vehicle over on the side of N2.
They revealed that there was no time to transport the expectant mother to hospital.
“On assessing the passenger realized there was no time to transport the woman to hospital, and safely delivered her baby girl in the ambulance,”
said IPSS Medical Rescue.
They then transferred the mother, her 10-year-old daughter and newborn baby to a nearby facility in good health.
Social media reacts
Lea Stott wrote to the paramedics who share the taxi driver’s story:
“Well done. You are the superheroes on the North coast. Bless you and your families.”
Nerisha Manilal commented:
“Awesome. Congrats to the new mum… Hope they well.”
Laurinda Bonsall said about the baby:
“Welcome to the world little one. Well done IPSS.”
WATCH: Dad TOSSES baby from burning apartment building
In other baby-related news making headlines, it was previously reported that a dad was forced to drop his baby out of the window of a burning apartment building, into the arms of firefighters, in a dramatic scene caught on video, Fox 8 reports.
The incident is reported to have occurred in New Jersey, early Monday morning, 7 March 2022. It is believed that first responders to the blaze thought they had managed to fill the building when they noticed a man stick his head out of a second-story window.
Police body camera shows the officers directing the man to toss them his baby, which he did. Once the baby was safe and in the arms of the officers, the dad jumped out of the window headfirst.
Both the father and his baby were subsequently treated for minor injuries – and are a group of about 50 people from the building affected by the fire. Authorities are now investigating the cause of the blaze. Read the full story here.
