Girl born in shelter during Russian missile attack on Lutsk

A baby girl was born in the shelter of the Volyn Oblast Medical Centre during a recent Russian attack on the city of Lutsk. Both the mother and child are reported to be in good health. Source: Volyn Oblast Medical Centre

Details: A pregnant woman from Rivne Oblast was taken to hospital by an emergency medical team. At 08:00, she gave birth to a girl weighing 3kg 30g and 52cm tall. It was the woman's first childbirth.

Obstetrician-gynaecologist Ihor Fedosiuk and midwife Iryna Zahoruiko delivered the baby in a specially equipped delivery room within the hospital's shelter.

The perinatal centre told Ukrainska Pravda.Zhyttia that the facility's shelter is specifically equipped to ensure safe deliveries during missile attacks.

The shelter is equipped with a full-fledged delivery room and operating theatre, both of which are permanently deployed with all necessary equipment stationed there.

The medical facility has hosted 10 births and 10 caesarean sections since the start of the full-scale war.

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