Woman gives birth on pavement!
LONDON, England - August 17, 2009 - A young mother gave birth on a pavement outside a hospital after she was told to make her own way there.
Mother-of-three Carmen Blake called her midwife to ask for an ambulance when she went into labor unexpectedly with her fourth child.
But the 27-year-old claims she was refused an ambulance and told to walk the 100 meters from her house in Leicester to the city's nearby Royal Infirmary.
Her daughter Mariah was delivered on a pavement outside the hospital by a passer-by, just before ambulance crews arrived.
Today the Trust that runs the hospital said it would look into any complaint made about the advice and care the 27-year-old received.
Ms. Blake said she started going into labor at about 7.15am on Sunday, August 2.
She said, "I phoned up the Royal Infirmary, it's just across the road, and they said to go into a hot bath, and then to make my way over there. I went into the bath and realized she was going to come quickly. I didn't think I'd be able to make it out of the bath, so I phoned the maternity ward back and told them to get an ambulance out.
“They said they were not sending an ambulance and told me I had had nine months to sort out a lift.”
Experienced mother Ms. Blake today said she knew she had to get herself out of the bath and try to get to the hospital.
Mother-of-three Carmen Blake called her midwife to ask for an ambulance when she went into labor unexpectedly with her fourth child.
But the 27-year-old claims she was refused an ambulance and told to walk the 100 meters from her house in Leicester to the city's nearby Royal Infirmary.
Her daughter Mariah was delivered on a pavement outside the hospital by a passer-by, just before ambulance crews arrived.
Today the Trust that runs the hospital said it would look into any complaint made about the advice and care the 27-year-old received.
Ms. Blake said she started going into labor at about 7.15am on Sunday, August 2.
She said, "I phoned up the Royal Infirmary, it's just across the road, and they said to go into a hot bath, and then to make my way over there. I went into the bath and realized she was going to come quickly. I didn't think I'd be able to make it out of the bath, so I phoned the maternity ward back and told them to get an ambulance out.
“They said they were not sending an ambulance and told me I had had nine months to sort out a lift.”
Experienced mother Ms. Blake today said she knew she had to get herself out of the bath and try to get to the hospital.
