A MOTHER who started having contractions on the street and was taken to hospital in a bus when an ambulance failed to show up, has thanked those who helped “save” her.
Fatim Faye was walking to a bus stop, in Leytonstone, east London, when she started having contractions on December 11.
She was spotted by a bus driver, Sajjad Shariff, who pulled over his W15 bus to help her.
Shariff called for an ambulance but after waiting for an hour, Faye’s waters broke on the bus and he decided to take her to hospital himself, reported Waltham Forest Guardian.
The 44-year-old gave birth to a healthy girl named Rakhy Giene Deme the next day at Whipps Cross University Hospital in Leytonstone.
Now, after returning home, she has paid tribute to Shariff and Bee Cole, 27, who was the only passenger on the bus and stayed to help.
Faye, who has three other children, told the local paper: “I have experience with difficult births where I’m unable to move. I knew the baby was coming.
“I thank everyone, the bus driver and Miss Cole for helping me, for saving me.”
Sharriff called Faye’s husband, Ndiogou Deme, a chef, who rushed across London from his work place in the Strand to join his wife.
“I was surprised to find them there, still waiting for an ambulance,” Deme said.
“I have to thank everyone at the station, especially the bus driver, Miss Cole and the hospital because the delivery was quick and easy.”
Ambulance controllers later claimed that they were mistakenly told that the expectant mother was nine weeks pregnant instead of nine months, so failed to register the call as urgent.- Voice
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