DERA ISMAIL KHAN: A woman in a flood-hit area of Daraban tehsil here gave birth to a baby in a Rescue 1122 ambulance on Sunday.

The rescue service’s spokesman Izaz Mehmood said its teams were busy in shifting people and their belongings to safe places in flood-stricken village of Kharwar, when a pregnant woman started experiencing severe labour pain. She was shifted to a Rescue 1122 ambulance with consent of the woman’s relatives, where she delivered a healthy baby in the care of medical technicians.

He said the rescuers also recited Azan in the newborn’s ears. He said both mother and baby were in good condition and they were shifted to a hospital.

Mr Mehmood said rescue ambulances were also equipped with delivery kits and other necessary medicines to deal with such emergencies.

He also said the rescue service had so far rescued over 410 stranded people with help of boats in flood-affected areas of the district over the last four days.

He said five rescue teams had been engaged in various rain and flood-hit areas, including Proval tehsil, Jok Machi village, Bharki and Johk Jandeer, Daraban tehsil, Kahawar village in Kulachi tehsil, Kot Waleed, Kot Attal Sharif and certain areas in the Dera tehsil.

He said rescue teams pumped out rainwater from streets and houses and were engaged in shifting people to safe places.

Published in Dawn, August 22nd, 2022