Negros Oriental frontliners deliver baby girl in a pedicab

Some frontliners in this COVID-19 battle are not stationed in hospitals; others are out there, ready to lend a hand in times of need — like the healthcare volunteers in Dumaguete City in Negros Oriental.

Workers and volunteers from the Philippine Red Cross - Negros Oriental responded to an emergency childbirth, or the imminent delivery by a 17-year old pregnant woman, who was riding a pedicab on her way to a clinic, ‪at noon‬ of April 6th. PRC nurses, Richel Amada and Junefred Icalina; first aid instructor Dave Calumpang; and volunteer James Kervin Vega immediately came to the rescue of the mother in a site in Candau-ay in Dumaguete City. The health workers helped the mother give birth to her daughter inside the motorcab.

The infant was born ‪at exactly 12:10 PM‬. The responders transferred the mother and her baby girl to the Dumaguete City Health Office after the delivery.CNN Philippines' Stringer Roy August Bustillo contributed to this report.

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