Another baby delivered at police station

For the third time this month police officers received an unexpected test in  midwifery. Early yesterday, police officers at Gasparillo Police Station  helped deliver a baby boy  after the aunt of the mother came into the station  requesting help.

Earlier this month  within two days police officers at both  Marabella and St Margaret’s Stations assisted in delivering babies on their respective compounds. The latest episode took place early yesterday morning. The mother of the baby, 33-year-old Sherry-Ann Pascall, of 33 A Esmeralda Road, Williamsville, was being  driven to hospital by her aunt Angela Pascall.

However, during the journey the situation became intense and it became apparent that she would give birth before reaching the hospital. Her aunt then quickly drove into the compound of the police station and informed the police officers of  the situation. PCs Vinod Sinanan  and Haniff Mohammed hastily aided the woman  who by this  time lay screaming in the back seat of the car which was parked in the yard of the station. The officers were also being talked through the delivery via telephone by  EHS personnel .

The EHS Ambulance  reached just in time for one of the personnel to cut the umbilical cord. At 5.15 am  Pascall gave birth to a boy. Both mother and baby were then taken to the San Fernando General Hospital. The mother of the  child spoke to Newsday at the hospital yesterday. The new baby boy is her sixth child. When asked if she would have any more children she responded with a faint grin,  “Oh No!” However, she also said, “I’m happy and I feel relieved, I just want to relax.” She said that so far there have been many suggestions for the baby’s name but she is still undecided. The baby weighed 3.68 kilogrammes.