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| Nurses deliver baby in Blackpool Victoria Hospital car park | Nurses deliver baby in Blackpool Victoria Hospital car park |
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| A baby was delivered in a hospital car park by nurses who heard the mother's screams while they were taking a break. | A baby was delivered in a hospital car park by nurses who heard the mother's screams while they were taking a break. |
| April and Magdi Ibrahim flagged down a car to get to Blackpool Victoria Hospital but their daughter arrived before they reached the maternity unit. | April and Magdi Ibrahim flagged down a car to get to Blackpool Victoria Hospital but their daughter arrived before they reached the maternity unit. |
| "I was gripping hold of everybody and knew the baby had to be delivered right here," Mrs Ibrahim said. | "I was gripping hold of everybody and knew the baby had to be delivered right here," Mrs Ibrahim said. |
| Her husband, a doctor, said: "I was very scared... it was as if all of my medical experience had gone." | Her husband, a doctor, said: "I was very scared... it was as if all of my medical experience had gone." |
| "The nurses were wonderful," he added. | "The nurses were wonderful," he added. |
| Student nurse Chloe Doherty, healthcare assistant Dalton Cunliffe and A&E nurses Sasha Ronson and Alix Green helped deliver the baby on Sunday morning. | Student nurse Chloe Doherty, healthcare assistant Dalton Cunliffe and A&E nurses Sasha Ronson and Alix Green helped deliver the baby on Sunday morning. |
| A midwife joined them and the new mum and baby Eliana were taken to the maternity unit where the umbilical cord was cut. | A midwife joined them and the new mum and baby Eliana were taken to the maternity unit where the umbilical cord was cut. |
| Ms Ronson said: "Dealing with a pregnant woman legs akimbo in a car park is not normally part of my repertoire. | Ms Ronson said: "Dealing with a pregnant woman legs akimbo in a car park is not normally part of my repertoire. |
| "The mother was saying the baby's head is coming out... there wasn't time to get her to maternity so we had to deliver the baby right there." | |
| Dr Ibrahim said the couple were keen to trace the elderly couple who drove them to the hospital. | Dr Ibrahim said the couple were keen to trace the elderly couple who drove them to the hospital. |
| "They were amazing, they were so kind," he said. | "They were amazing, they were so kind," he said. |
| "I didn't get their names and we just want to thank them." | "I didn't get their names and we just want to thank them." |