Articles Tagged: emergency

Dad finds his newborn baby in birthing pool after blackout - using his mobile phone torch

By Keith Kendrick, Feb 15, 2012

A new dad used a torch on his mobile phone to search a birthing pool for his newborn son after a powercut blackout at the maternity hospital.

£10m payout for birth mistakes which left boy severely disabled

By parentdish.co.uk, Feb 10, 2012

The mother of a baby boy left severely handicapped by medical errors before and during his difficult birth at Maidstone Hospital has said she is relieved after the High Court approved a multi-million compensation payout.

Mum gives birth home alone two weeks early

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Dec 20, 2011

A mum from Liverpool has told the BBC how she delivered her third baby unassisted at home after she went into early labour!

Terrible Twos: A toddler emergency

By Pip Jones, Sep 21, 2011

Our neighbour a couple of doors up is a sweet lady of mature years. I don't know her very well, but last time I spoke to her, a couple of months ago, she told me how adorable she thinks the girls are, and how lovely she finds it to hear them playing in the garden.

Ambulance crew rush to save five-year-old, only to find the patient is a cat!

By Liz Stansfield, Aug 19, 2011

An ambulance crew called out to a five-year-old in cardiac arrest were surprised (and a little annoyed) to discover the ‘child’ was actually a family cat!