Miraculous Birth at Non-Maternity Hospital

At the Tiberia hospital, she had arrived to accompany her husband. He was the "patient" who had to undergo a cardiological examination, but Anna, his wife, at the 34th week of pregnancy, began to experience a severe illness: she had a massive acute hemorrhage and thus, despite there being no maternity ward, gave birth to her daughter. A story with a happy ending for this young couple of new parents. When Anna began to show the first signs of illness, the staff immediately called the 118 emergency service, but the situation was already very serious. The Tiberia hospital is a facility where various clinics are active, including gynecology, but its surgical activity is mainly in the fields of breast, orthopedic, urological, and abdominal oncological surgery, and it does not provide obstetrics and childbirth services. However, thanks to the presence at that moment of the gynecologist Massimiliano Marziali, Anna manages to give birth without being transferred to another facility. After having Anna lie down, the gynecologist checks that the heartbeat is stable and through an ultrasound examination detects the placental abruption. Time is not on their side, it is necessary to intervene with an emergency cesarean to save the lives of mother and baby. She is immediately transferred to an operating room, generally used for other types of surgeries, and, after about 25 minutes, the little one is born, who, to the great happiness of all the staff, immediately cries out loudly announcing her birth. After the necessary postpartum procedures, with the arrival of the ambulance, the little one was transferred to the Policlinico Umberto I with the new parents. "It was moments of turmoil and great anxiety: when my wife started losing blood and Dr. Marziali saw through the ultrasound that there had been a total detachment of the placenta, I was catapulted into a whirlwind of fear, worry, and anxiety: the situation was critical and there was no time for a transfer," says Fabio, the father of the baby, still visibly moved. "In an instant I saw all the staff activate to set up the best conditions so that my wife could have the care she needed. She was taken to the operating room and I naturally stayed outside waiting. But after a short while, a nurse came out and showed me the photos of the newborn baby in excellent condition, and the fear turned into emotion and great joy."