WATCH: IDF doctors deliver Nepalese baby boy in Kathmandu field hospital
“A very cute baby boy, healthy, and weighing 2.1 kilograms was born,” said Maj. (res.) Michal Peres, a midwife by trade who is part of the IDF delegation in Kathmandu.
By JPOST.COM STAFFIDF delivers Nepalese baby in field hospital
Israeli soldiers who set up a field hospital in Nepal to treat the survivors of the massive earthquake that struck the Himalayan country this week delivered a newborn baby on Wednesday.“A very cute baby boy, healthy, and weighing 2.1 kilograms was born,” said Maj. (res.) Michal Peres, a midwife by trade who is part of the IDF delegation in Kathmandu.“He is feeling good, and he has been placed in a warm setting,” she said. “Once the mother recovers from the Caesarean section, we will bring them together.”“In the afternoon, we brought in a woman in labor who was being treated at a nearby hospital that was damaged as a result of the earthquake,” said Maj. Gil Dar, a trained gynecologist. “We performed an ultrasound, which confirmed that her water did break.”After it was determined that the baby was too small for natural birth, the doctors decided to perform a C-section.“The feeling is a good one,” said Dar. “It’s a feeling of great satisfaction and excitement.”