Baby delivered by United Hatzalah Medics amid missile sirens on Erev Pesach
During missile alerts on the eve of Passover, two volunteer medics from United Hatzalah safely delivered a baby girl under extraordinary circumstances.
Akiva Kaufman with the newly born
United Hatzalah EMTs Akiva Kaufman and Eli Fishman were in Bnei Brak following a missile impact earlier that morning, which left a young girl critically injured and many others with minor injuries and suffering from anxiety and trauma.
Later that day, just moments before another Red Alert siren sounded, the two received an emergency call about a woman in advanced labour. Despite the ongoing threat, they proceeded immediately to the scene.
Upon arrival, they found the woman in the final stages of childbirth, with no time to transport her to a hospital. The medics quickly improvised a delivery area in the courtyard of her apartment building, using the medical equipment in their kits. As sirens sounded and explosions were heard in the distance, they assisted in delivering a baby girl on site.
The delivery was complicated by the umbilical cord wrapped around the baby’s neck. Acting swiftly, the responders carefully freed the cord and monitored the newborn.
Within seconds, the baby began breathing normally and cried, bringing visible relief to all present.
Both mother and child were stabilised at the scene and transported to the hospital in good condition.
“This is why we do what we do,” Kaufman said. “Even in the most challenging moments, life continues.”
