Russian woman gave birth to a child in a helicopter in the air

In the Primorsky Territory, doctors of the regional perinatal center for the first time in the history of the region took birth on board a helicopter of sanitary aviation. This was reported by the regional Ministry of Health.

The brigade flew to Lesozavodsk for an emergency evacuation of a 19-year-old girl at the eighth month of pregnancy with the threat of premature birth. After the examination, the doctors decided to transport her to the hospital, but soon after the takeoff of the Mi-8, the patient began contractions.

The birth was attended by obstetrician-gynecologist Lyudmila Degtyareva, anesthesiologist-resuscitationist Viktor Grafeev and paramedic Maxim Okonechnikov. A boy was born. The newborn was immediately placed in a heat-saving circuit and provided an oxygen supply. After landing in Vladivostok, the mother and child were handed over to the specialists of the perinatal center. The girl decided to name her son Constantine in honor of one of the pilots of the helicopter.

In the Stavropol regional clinical perinatal center, a woman with a rare abnormality of development - two uteruses and two cervixes - gave birth to two healthy girls, each of whom developed in a separate organ. Due to moderate preeclampsia at the 34th week, doctors conducted a cesarean section, the operation was successful, the mother and baby were already discharged home.