Samaritans save six in 24hrs

SAMARITAN Aviation based in East Sepik recently saved the lives of six Sepik babies in just 24 hours.
A week after giving birth to premature twins, first-time mother, only known as Bilasa, watched helplessly as her babies, each weighing approximately a kilogramme, grew increasingly weak with each passing day, according to the Samaritan Aviation in a statement on its website.
“When the nurse from the Angoram health centre called us for help, the babies were no longer strong enough to nurse at all.
“While on route to the Boram Hospital in Wewak with the twins, Samaritan Aviation received another call for help from Samban village, also in East Sepik.
“A woman, known as Paulina had delivered one baby but was unable to deliver the twin.
“As soon as pilot Luke Hamer landed back in Wewak with the first set, pilot Tracy Hamer immediately began preparations for the next flight and took off shortly after to meet the labouring mother.
“Arriving back once again at Boram Hospital (in Wewak), our second mother, Paulina, was attended by Dr Angela Seginami who confirmed the transverse twin.
“Within 15 minutes, she expertly repositioned and delivered the baby boy.
“Paulina and her healthy twin sons returned home to their village just a few days later, and three weeks after their birth, the premature twins from Angoram were slowly gaining weight and have even begun to feed without the assurance of a feeding tube.”
The following morning at a local prenatal clinic in Wewak, a young expectant mother came in for a routine checkup in the final weeks of her pregnancy.
“Using the ultrasound that was donated to us by Clearer Imaging, Sarah Cooke discovered that the mother was expecting twins, one of which was breech and one lying transverse,” Samaritan Aviation said.
“Cooke referred the mother to follow up immediately with the doctors at the Boram Hospital.
“When the physicians at Boram confirmed the findings and realised that she was actively in labour, they performed a cesarean to deliver the twin brothers.
“After being treated for infections caused by fetal distress, the babies returned home with their mother a week later.”