{"id":35934,"date":"2015-10-16T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-16T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/echonews.sites.caxton.co.za\/35934\/born-to-mine\/"},"modified":"2015-10-16T08:37:21","modified_gmt":"2015-10-16T06:37:21","slug":"born-to-mine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2015\/10\/16\/born-to-mine\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s a boy! – Born to mine…"},"content":{"rendered":"

The morning started off as a normal day at the Shanduka Coal Clinic.<\/p>\n

“One of our female patients completed her annual medical and was awaiting transport to eMalahleni. At about 13:00 Portia, our Clinic Admin Clerk, was notified that a lady in the guard house was in severe pain.<\/p>\n

Upon investigation she realised that the lady was pregnant and accompanied her back to the clinic.<\/p>\n

The patient was made comfortable in Sr Sunell Smith’s office while we contacted the local ambulance services, who informed us that they could not assist immediately.<\/p>\n

Whilst waiting for the ambulance, nature decided to take its course. The patient went into labour,” said Sr Karin Jacobs.<\/p>\n

With the assistance of Shanduka Coal’s well qualified Occupational Health Sisters, Sunell Smith and Karin Jacobs, a healthy baby boy was delivered at 13:35 weighing 3.2 kg.<\/p>\n

Personnel and patients in the waiting room were amazed when the little boy gave his first cry.<\/p>\n

Everybody was overjoyed when they saw the little miracle.<\/p>\n

As a well-oiled team, all Clinic personnel assisted with the necessary arrangements.<\/p>\n

The ambulance arrived at around 15:00 where both mother and baby were transported to the hospital and were later released.<\/p>\n

Shanduka Coal was informed that the patient named her baby boy “Shandukani”.<\/p>\n

“It was an honour being part of the special event,” said Sr Karin Jacobs. “Being a qualified Occupational Health Nurse, who would think we would need to use our obstetric knowledge of 18 years back in an Occupational Health Clinic?”<\/p>\n