{"id":12165,"date":"2023-11-03T08:49:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T08:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=12165"},"modified":"2023-11-03T08:49:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T08:49:03","slug":"helicopter-rescues-expectant-mum-stranded-in-ambulance-during-heavy-rains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=12165","title":{"rendered":"Helicopter Rescues Expectant Mum Stranded In Ambulance During Heavy Rains"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There was relief in Isiolo after an expectant mother from Maldaka village, Garbatula Sub-County,&nbsp;who required&nbsp;an&nbsp;emergency operation&nbsp;was&nbsp;rescued via helicopter, after the ambulance ferrying her to Isiolo County Teaching and Referral Hospital got stuck at Kulamawe area due to heavy downpour&nbsp;being&nbsp;witnessed in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rescue mission was&nbsp;a&nbsp;joint effort&nbsp;by&nbsp;the County Government,&nbsp;Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT) and Lewa Wildlife Conservancy,&nbsp;which&nbsp;provided the aircraft.&nbsp;<br>The&nbsp;mother&nbsp;had been&nbsp;moved from Malkadaka dispensary to Garbatula Sub County hospital, but doctors realized that she required critical care and&nbsp;she was&nbsp;referred to Isiolo County Teaching and Referral Hospital.&nbsp;<br>She was then put in an ambulance&nbsp;that drove&nbsp;towards Isiolo, but due to the heavy rains,sections of&nbsp;the road&nbsp;were&nbsp;impassable at Kulamawe area.<br>That is when the rescue mission was deployed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Medical Superintendent at the Isiolo County Teaching and Referral Hospital Dr. Hussein Abdi Mohamud said, &#8221; The patient&nbsp;is&nbsp;in stable condition&nbsp;after delivering via C-section.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ambulance-1-1024x501.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ambulance-1-1024x501.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ambulance-1-980x479.webp 980w, https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ambulance-1-480x235.webp 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was relief in Isiolo after an expectant mother from Maldaka village, Garbatula Sub-County,&nbsp;who required&nbsp;an&nbsp;emergency operation&nbsp;was&nbsp;rescued via helicopter, after the ambulance ferrying her to Isiolo County Teaching and Referral Hospital got stuck at Kulamawe area due to heavy downpour&nbsp;being&nbsp;witnessed in the region. 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