Paramedic Delivers Three Babies by Phone on Anniversary of October 7
Translated & summarized from Arutz Sheva by baba
Magen David Adom paramedic Rinat Ben David assisted in three emergency phone-delivered births on the night of October 7, a date of personal significance for her. She guided husbands by phone to help deliver babies in a car and two homes, while MDA teams were dispatched. Ben David called the births "our victory" and a way to spread light on a painful day. The events provided personal closure for her, three years after she had to leave her own maternity leave to work on October 7, 2023.
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- Paramedic Rinat Ben David assisted in three emergency phone-delivered births on October 7.
- The births occurred in a car and two homes across Israel within three hours.
- Ben David guided husbands by phone to help their wives deliver babies.
- The date marked three years since Ben David was on maternity leave during the October 7, 2023 attacks.
- She called the births "our victory" and a way to spread light on a painful day.
- The events provided personal closure for Ben David.
Magen David Adom (MDA) paramedic Rinat Ben David described her night shift on October 7 as one she would never forget, after assisting in three emergency phone-delivered births within three hours. Ben David guided three husbands by phone on how to help their wives deliver babies in a car, and in two homes across Israel. The shift, which began at 11 PM on Tuesday, held particular significance for Ben David, as it fell exactly three years after she was on maternity leave with her firstborn son, Noam, on October 7, 2023. On that day, she was called into the MDA call center to bolster forces, while her husband, Eliyahu, an MDA emergency medical technician and ambulance driver, responded to injured individuals under fire. "I left the house yesterday with heavy feelings," she recounted, adding that she prayed for the date to take on a different meaning this year. "I prayed, 'Master of the Universe, make it so that on this October 7, I will do good and help bring joy to people.' I am so happy he listened to me."
The first call came at 12:42 AM from Avraham Rot, a senior MDA paramedic and volunteer, whose wife, Noa, 33, was giving birth in their car en route to the hospital from their home in Rekhasim. Ben David dispatched MDA teams while instructing Rot on assisting the delivery, and their daughter was born. The second call at 2:01 AM was from the husband of Bian, 27, who was in advanced labor at her home in southern Israel. Ben David guided him through the delivery as MDA teams were en route, and the baby girl was born. The final call at 3:11 AM involved a 32-year-old woman in advanced labor at her home in Beit Shemesh. The baby was born within minutes of the call, and Ben David instructed the husband until MDA teams arrived to transport the mother and son to the hospital.
Ben David concluded, "I had the privilege of helping bring three pure and sweet souls into the world and spreading light on this painful day." She added, "These births, for me, are our victory, our people have been through many difficult things, but we will never stop bringing joy and celebrating." For Ben David, the night shift marked a personal sense of closure, three years after she had to leave her own maternity leave to support MDA operations on October 7, 2023.
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