Paramedic Delivers Three Babies Over Phone on Difficult Anniversary
Translated & summarized from Panet by baba
Magen David Adom paramedic Rinat Ben David delivered three babies over the phone during a single night shift on October 6-7. She guided husbands and a volunteer paramedic through the births of two daughters and one son at their homes and in a car. Ben David described the experience as bringing light and happiness on the difficult anniversary of the October 7th attacks.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Paramedic Rinat Ben David delivered three babies over the phone on October 6-7.
- Two babies were born at home with husbands guiding by phone.
- One baby was born in a car with a volunteer paramedic guided by phone.
- The births occurred on the anniversary of the October 7th attacks.
- Ben David expressed joy at bringing new life during a difficult time.
Rinat Ben David, an emergency paramedic at Magen David Adom's (MDA) 101 center, recounted an extraordinary night shift on October 6-7 where she assisted in the birth of three babies over the phone. Ben David described the shift as a personal fulfillment of a prayer to do good on the anniversary of the October 7th attacks. Her shift began at 11:00 PM on October 6th, carrying the emotional weight of the previous year's events, which had also seen her called into service.
Less than an hour into October 7th, at 12:42 AM, Ben David received a call from volunteer paramedic Avraham Rot, whose wife was in labor in their car as they drove from their home in Rekhasim to the hospital. Ben David dispatched MDA teams and guided Rot by phone through the delivery of their daughter.
Approximately an hour and a half later, at 2:01 AM, she took another call from the husband of a 27-year-old woman in labor at their home in southern Israel. While MDA teams were en route, Ben David calmly instructed the husband step-by-step until he successfully delivered their daughter.
Just after 3:00 AM, at 3:11 AM, Ben David handled a third call from a 32-year-old woman experiencing close contractions at her home in Beit Shemesh. The baby was born within minutes, and Ben David guided the husband until MDA paramedics arrived to transport the mother and child to the hospital. Ben David expressed joy at bringing new life into the world on such a somber date, viewing it as a way to bring light and happiness, and a personal sense of closure three years after her own maternity leave was interrupted by the events of October 7th.
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