A doctor coordinating the Canary Islands Emergency Services (SUC) gave teleassistance during the birth of a baby. At the time of the birth, the parents were in the car on their way to the Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de La Candelaria.
According to the SUC, part of the Canary Islands Public Healthcare Service, the couple made an emergency call to 112 to say that the woman was about to give birth in the family car, which was stopped on a motorway in the city of Tenerife.
Realizing that they weren t going to make it to the hospital, the doctor who took the call provided instructions to the father to ensure that the birth was successful. Thus, remotely over the telephone, the coordinator helped the parents through the labor until the call was cut off. When they got back in contact to continue the telecare, the father said that the baby had been born.
The couple and their newborn son waited in the car until medical professionals arrived to cut the umbilical cord. Then the healthy mother and newborn baby were taken to the hospital, where the birth was completed.
Source: Government of the Canary Islands Health and Safety Management Services
