Baby born in foyer of Saskatoon provincial courthouse

There was a special delivery at Saskatoon's provincial courthouse Thursday afternoon, and some quick-thinking deputy sheriffs were on the receiving end.

At about 3 p.m. a 25-year-old woman suddenly went into labour in the foyer of the courthouse. 911 was called, but this baby boy wasn't waiting for paramedics.

“Less than four minutes took place from the time that the water broke to the time that the baby was delivered,” said Troy Davies with MD Ambulance. “The deputy sheriffs who were there noticed that there was a problem and intervened right away, and realized that mom was going to give birth right there.”

The paramedics arrived in time to cut the umbilical cord and took the woman and her newborn to hospital.

“Every time we deal with babies, timing is a major issue,” Davies added. “Our paramedics are very pleased and very happy with the two deputy sheriffs that were working in the front foyer.”

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Davies noted both mom and baby are doing fine.

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