The emotional meeting between the health workers and the woman they escorted about to give birth in the middle of the DANA

After the DANA passed through several points in Valencia, Hundreds of families have had to change their routine to adapt to their new situation. However, not all stories are tragic and some have a happy ending, such as the one starring a woman who was in labor and was escorted to the hospital by Samur technicians. It happened in Alfafar, one of the towns most affected by the meteorological disaster. This Thursday, the same team visited the woman and her son.

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The pregnant woman was the one who notified the municipal authorities of the severe pain she was feeling, characteristic of childbirth. The police, as soon as they received the warning, notified the Samur specialists, who upon seeing the strong and continuous contractions that the woman was having, decided to transfer her to the Doctor Peset hospital in Valencia, where she gave birth hours later.

After a week, the team that helped the woman went to check on her and meet the little one, bringing with them special gifts like a giant stuffed animal. “Days later, the mother and the child are in perfect condition, and have been visited by all the police officers and doctors who intervened so that she could give birth safely in the hospital,” they shared, accompanying the beautiful words with an emotional photograph of the meeting.

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The Samur officers who are distributed in the towns of the zone 0 of Valencia They have a team of more than thirty health workers, who are willing to serve all citizens who need them. To date, in addition to this feat, the technicians have treated trauma, muscle breaks, bruises or cuts made with the tools to both civilians and devices displaced from the capital, such as Firefighters, EMT or Municipal Police.

The authorities have not been the only ones dedicated to helping those affected. Thousands of volunteers have mobilized since the beginning of the storm to provide support to affected families, both in Valencia and in other cities from which different operations have been launched. From organizing food and clothing collection stands to coordinating to reach the most vulnerable towns and helping clean streets and homes, their fundamental mission is to provide support to DANA victims.