Pasig City cops help mom give birth in car after vehicle stalls

Police officers in Pasig City helped a woman who had gone into labor when her car had run out of gas on the way to the hospital. 

According to a report on "24 Oras" on Wednesday, the car stopped near the Pasig Police Substation 2 near Rizal High School where police officers immediately responded to the situation.

Police Corporal Norma Royo then helped the woman give birth.

"'Yong ulo, nakalabas na daw ho. Ang ginawa niya, sabi niya i-ire ko na nga po ng dire-diretso kasi baka maano nga po 'yong 'ulo," Leizel Santos, the mother, said. "Nung paglabas, hindi namin narinig na umiyak pa o gumalaw."

[The head was out and she told me to push. When the baby came out we didn't hear it cry or see it move.]

"Medyo tinapik-tapik ko yung bata at umiyak naman siya," Royo said. "Umiyak siya nang malakas at nakita ko po na baby girl ang bata."

[I patted the baby a bit and it started crying loudly. I saw that it was a baby girl.]

Another police officer called for medical response, but when they saw that Santos had already given birth, they instead called for a taxi to bring mother and child to a nearby lying-in center.

"Usually kasi matagal yung rescue minsan pag dumarating, dahil nga sa pandemiya," said Police Corporal Johnson Dawagan.

[It usually takes a while for the rescue to arrive, because of the pandemic.]

Mother and baby are back home and the child is in good condition. Santos, whose due date was September 17, expressed her gratitude to the police, in particular Royo, who carried the baby, still with its umbilical cord, to the taxi and rode with them to the clinic.

"Nagpapasalamat po ako sa tulong niya po sa baby ko, sa pag-assist niya po sa amin hanggang makapunta sa lying-in [clinic]. Siya ang naghatid eh," she said.

[I want to thank her for helping my baby, for helping us until we got to the lying-in clinic. She brought us there.] — Ma. Angelica Garcia/BM, GMA News