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Woman gives birth in Hospital Nicolás Solano waiting room; mother and baby stable
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Woman gives birth in Hospital Nicolás Solano waiting room; mother and baby stable

From TVN Panamá · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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News Official statement Outcome reported
  • A woman gave birth in the waiting room of Hospital Nicolás A. Solano in La Chorrera, Panama Oeste, while arranging admission.
  • Hospital officials said she had not reported labor symptoms at the service window or gone to the emergency department before the birth.
  • Medical staff assisted her immediately, and the hospital said she and the newborn were stable and in good health.

A woman gave birth in the waiting room of Hospital Nicolás A. Solano in La Chorrera while she was trying to obtain a place for medical care.

Hospital medical officials said the patient entered through the waiting area and went to the service window to request a place. They said she did not tell the staff there that she had pain, contractions or another symptom related to labor. She also did not go to the emergency department because she was completing the admission process.

While handling the paperwork, she suddenly felt intense pain and crouched down. The baby was born in the waiting room. “She suddenly felt an intense pain that caused her to crouch down, at which point the birth took place in the waiting room,” the hospital’s medical directorate said.

The hospital said medical personnel responded immediately and that specialists took part in the care. The mother and newborn remain stable and in good health, according to the hospital statement. The birth, partly captured in a video shared on social media, prompted fresh questions from users about care at the main hospital in Panama Oeste.

She suddenly felt an intense pain that caused her to crouch down, at which point the birth took place in the waiting room.

— Hospital Nicolás A. Solano medical directorateThe hospital used the statement to explain how the birth occurred before the patient received formal admission.
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Originally published by TVN Panamá in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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