Port-au-Prince, Haiti – Life Amid Death: Baby Born in Israeli Field Hospital [video]

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    A mother holds her baby in Haitis IDF field hospital, Sun. [Photo: Jerusalem Post]Port-au-Prince, Haiti – Amid the tragedy and devastation encompassing the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince since Tuesday’s 7.0-magnitude earthquake, a happy event took place Sunday inside the field hospital erected by the Israeli relief delegation in the city. Doctor Shir, who works at Hadassah, delivered the first healthy baby in the Israeli hospital.

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    The mother told Dr. Shir that she would name her son Israel. “Amid all the death around us,” the doctor said, “it is very symbolic.” He added that childbirth in Haiti doesn’t usually take place in a hospital in the impoverished country, and that this particular woman received the best care from the best doctors.

    “She was very quiet,” he said. “At first it wasn’t even clear that she was in labor.”

    “It is very exciting,” the doctor continued. “It offers some small balance to the things that are happening. Life is stronger, after all, and a woman will give birth even if the ground is shaking. This is what maintains the human race. This country has a very high infant mortality rate, and we delivered this healthy baby.”


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    Not so easy
    Not so easy
    14 years ago

    Now how is she going to keep the baby healthy? Does she have a place to live?food to eat? etc.

    Yidelle
    Yidelle
    14 years ago

    to #1 – NOO? I hope you get it.