Pregnant Woman Votes Amid Labor Pains, Then Rushed to Hospital
Translated & summarized from Now 14 by baba
A pregnant woman in Ramat Gan experienced labor pains while voting and was subsequently taken to the hospital by Magen David Adom. This was one of 19 medical incidents MDA teams responded to across Israel on election day. The most serious case involved a man in his 60s who collapsed in Eilat and required resuscitation. Voter turnout was notably high, with 16.68% of eligible voters having cast ballots by 10 AM, the highest rate for that time in 45 years.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- A pregnant woman in Ramat Gan voted while in labor before being taken to the hospital.
- MDA teams responded to 19 medical incidents across Israel on election day.
- The most severe incident involved a man in his 60s who collapsed in Eilat and was resuscitated.
- Voter turnout by 10 AM was the highest in 45 years at 16.68%.
- Several other medical cases included fainting, collapses, and falls at polling stations.
A pregnant woman experiencing labor pains continued to vote at a polling station in Ramat Gan before being evacuated to the hospital by Magen David Adom (MDA) emergency medical teams. The woman arrived at the polling station to exercise her democratic right and began to feel contractions. MDA teams, who were called to the scene, provided her with initial medical treatment and requested she be taken to the hospital. Immediately after casting her vote, she was transported for further examinations.
This incident was one of 19 medical cases handled by MDA teams across Israel since the polling stations opened. The most severe case occurred in Eilat, where a man in his 60s collapsed at a polling station and was evacuated to the hospital while resuscitation efforts were underway. Other incidents included a man in his 70s in Holon who fainted, another person in Ramat Gan who collapsed after returning home from voting, and an elderly man in Tel Aviv who fell and had difficulty voting. In another Tel Aviv case, a woman in her 70s fainted. Additional medical events involved an 80-year-old man in Netanya, a 73-year-old woman in Bat Yam who fell and sustained minor injuries, and a minor injury to a person in Haifa after a fall.