{"id":715761,"date":"2019-10-03T15:20:27","date_gmt":"2019-10-03T15:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/10\/03\/woman-gives-birth-by-roadside-with-the-help-of-a-nurse\/"},"modified":"2019-10-03T15:20:27","modified_gmt":"2019-10-03T15:20:27","slug":"woman-gives-birth-by-roadside-with-the-help-of-a-nurse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/03\/woman-gives-birth-by-roadside-with-the-help-of-a-nurse\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman Gives Birth By Roadside With The Help Of A Nurse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A new report has emerged about a woman who went into labour whilst on a motorcycle headed to a hospital.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, the woman on her way to the clinic went into labour and luckily come across Rita Wurapa district Director of Health and a nurse who helped her deliver her baby who was already coming out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:\u00a0[Photos]: Woman Gives Birth To Conjoined Twins In Benue State<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Read the full story below.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDistrict Director of Health and Public Health Nurse at Biakoye District Delivers a baby on the roadside in Oti Region<\/p>\n<p>A few days ago DDHS Rita Wurapa and Public Health Nurse Rose Ayivor were on a monitoring trip to Dambai and Nkwanta.<\/p>\n<p>At Dambai, her team encountered a woman in labour on a motorbike. She was in obvious distress, the Okada driver drew to a screeching halt. A crowd started to gather around the screaming client, helpless driver and anxious relatives.<\/p>\n<p>With 15+ years of public health under her belt, she drew closer. Urged by instinct she engaged the client only to see woman in labour, head in the perineum.<\/p>\n<p>In the middle of the street, DDHS Rita and PHN Rose delivered the baby and marshalled women standing by to form a screen with their clothing.<\/p>\n<p>The baby was delivered and the mother was sent to a hospital. Mother and baby are doing very well.<\/p>\n<p>As health staff and leaders, we often have to lead by example.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations DDHS Rita Wurapa, you did just that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>See full photos below<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_712121\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-712121\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-712121\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/10329634_Nursedeliversbaby_jpgfe84e292a8dc517530497620536004c5.jpeg\" alt=\"Woman gives birth on the roadside\" width=\"696\" height=\"928\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-712121\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Woman gives birth on the roadside<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_712122\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-712122\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-712122\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/10329635_Nursedeliversbaby2_jpg9799c598df019f0aa2612f771c945ea8.jpeg\" alt=\"Woman gives birth on the roadside\" width=\"696\" height=\"928\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-712122\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Woman gives birth on the roadside<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_712123\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-712123\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-712123\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/10329636_Nursedeliversbaby3_jpgfb74acc45b823d03eca359e9f3a073ee.jpeg\" alt=\"Woman gives birth on the roadside\" width=\"696\" height=\"928\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-712123\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Woman gives birth on the roadside<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new report has emerged about a woman who went into labour whilst on a motorcycle headed to a hospital. 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