A woman on her way home from Saudi Arabia to Uganda gave birth to a healthy baby girl during the flight.
According to the International News Agency, a pregnant African immigrant woman suffered a maternity pain on an Airways flight from Doha to Antibe.
Is there a doctor on the plane? 🙋🏽♀️👩🏽⚕️Never thought I’d be delivering a baby on a flight! ✈️ @qatarairways Thanks to the airline crew who helped support the birth of this Miracle in the air! Mom and baby are doing well and healthy! #travelmedicine pic.twitter.com/4JuQWfsIDE
— Aisha Khatib, MD (@AishaKhatib) January 13, 2022
The flight crew asked passengers to help in this emergency. Fortunately, Dr. Ayesha Khatib, a professor at the University of Toronto, was on board.
Dr. Ayesha Khatib made the delivery with the help of a nurse on board the plane.
Both the newborn and the mother are well. The mother named her newborn daughter after Dr. Ayesha Khatib “Miracle Ayesha” meaning Ayesha’s Miracle.