Unexpected Birth at the Gates of Hospital 12 de Octubre

A woman gave birth to her third child just as she was getting out of the ambulance at the emergency entrance of the hospital.

Generic image of a newborn baby grasping an adult's finger.
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Generic image of a newborn baby grasping an adult's finger.

A 27-year-old woman gave birth to her third child, Adriano, at the emergency entrance of Hospital 12 de Octubre in Madrid, after receiving assistance from Samur-Protección Civil at her home in the Latina district.

Samur-Protección Civil teams responded to the woman's home on Avenida de las Águilas, in the Latina district, around 11:30 AM, after being notified that she was experiencing contractions every three minutes. Given the imminent birth, an urgent transfer to Hospital 12 de Octubre in a mobile ICU ambulance was arranged.
The birth occurred unexpectedly as the mother was exiting the emergency vehicle, right at the entrance to the hospital's emergency department. The newborn, a boy named Adriano, is in perfect health, as is his mother, according to reports from Emergencias Madrid.

"The rapid progression of labor meant that the delivery took place practically at the hospital's doors, after the woman had been stabilized and monitored during the journey."

Emergencias Madrid · Spokesperson
Following the birth, Samur-Protección Civil personnel facilitated skin-to-skin contact between the mother and baby, a recommended practice to foster early bonding and ensure the newborn's stability in the first minutes of life. Subsequently, both were admitted to Hospital 12 de Octubre for necessary medical care.