WATCH: Mother in labour as Beirut blasts rip through hospital room
Doctors and staff successfully helped a woman deliver her baby in a Beirut hospital destroyed and shattered by the explosions.
Emmanuelle Khnaisser was left shaken when the devasting explosions that rocked the city of Beirut in Lebanon also destroyed her hospital delivery room.
Her husband Edmound had his camera on, trying to catch the final moments before the arrival of their son when the incident happened.
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"My son George was born under a catastrophic blast, I did not believe we came out alive,” Edmound told Reuters.
Although the blast ripped through the windows of the room and tossed medical supplies everywhere, injuring doctors and nurses inside, the staff still continued working with the flashlight on and helped Emmanuelle deliver her baby boy who was big and healthy.
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Watch the video below:
Watch: Woman prepares to give birth to a baby boy as the devastating blast wave was about to tear across #Beirut, #Lebanon. The hospital shook, the windows shattered, but the baby is healthy.https://t.co/uAmitXzuw2 pic.twitter.com/GOv6R6uIMa
— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) August 6, 2020
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