A Canadian doctor helped a pregnant woman deliver a "miracle" baby on a Qatar Airways flight, and to thank the doctor for her help, the mother named the child after the doctor.
According to Canadian media reports recently, this incident occurred on December 7, 2021, qatar airways from Qatar Doha to Uganda Entebbe international flight.
The doctor who helped deliver the babies on board was Aisha Khatib, a Canadian female doctor who is the clinical director of travel medicine at a hospital in Toronto, Canada, and an assistant professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto.
Aisha disclosed the incident on social media on January 13, 2022, and Qatar Airways confirmed the incident on January 15.
On that day, about an hour after the plane took off, Aisha did not hesitate to stand up when the crew asked via radio if there was a doctor on board.
Then, she approached the mother and saw that the child was about to give birth, "she was lying with her head facing the aisle, her feet were facing the window, and the baby was coming", the situation was very urgent!
"Someone threw me a pair of gloves and we had to lean on this woman to get this baby," she said, forcing herself into the small space between the window and the woman's leg to deliver the baby.
Elsa told reporters that at the time she was just thinking: "I need clips, I need scissors, if I don't have clips, I need shoelaces, if I don't have materials, I'm just trying to figure out how to handle this situation." ”
Fortunately, the crew was equipped with a delivery kit that gave her access to the delivery tools she needed.
With the help of two other medical professionals who flew that day — a nurse and a pediatrician — Elsa was able to deliver the baby girl in a healthy and safe manner.
During the pregnancy process, to prevent soiling the floor, Elsa said she needed plastic bags, which other passengers cooperatively handed over.
The birth went well, "I was able to cut the umbilical cord and check the baby, who was crying, so I gave her a nice massage and then handed her over to the pediatrician." She said. The pediatrician did a simple health check on the baby.
And "Mom looks okay — she looks stable," and Dr. Elsa announces that mother and daughter are safe, and the entire plane applauds.
The mother and daughter were then transferred to first class, and it is reported that the mother, a Ugandan migrant worker returning from Saudi Arabia, was born healthy on the plane at 35 weeks. According to Qatar Airways, airlines generally have a time limit for pregnant women to fly, and the pregnant woman is on the border of this time limit.
The Ugandan mother decided to name the baby after the doctor's name , Aisha , to thank her for helping with the delivery.
As a symbol in her honor, Dr. Elsa left a small gift for the baby girl. "I happened to be wearing a necklace with my name written in Arabic, so I gave it to her and I wanted her to know where she came from – it was sent by a lady named Aisha when we flew over the Nile."