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Army patrol delivers baby on board Mabaruma-bound ferry
The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Medic delivered a baby on-board a Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD) vessel en route to Mabaruma, Region One.
The MV Barima
The Coast Guard also conducted a medivac for the newborn and mother.
According to the army, at approximately 01:30 hours yesterday, Aloma Roberts of Wauna, Region One, went into labour on board the MV Barima.
The vessel was en route to Mabaruma, and was some several miles out into the Atlantic Ocean.
On board the vessel was an army patrol who quickly radioed the nearest Coast Guard outpost for assistance.
The high-speed patrol craft which took the mom and baby from the ferry
Delivering the baby was the patrol’s medic, Lance Corporal Nickel Charles. It was a healthy baby girl.
The newborn and mother were subsequently transported to the Mabaruma Hospital via a GDF Coast Guard high speed patrol craft. The patrol craft intercepted the T&HD vessel in the Atlantic Ocean.
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