Wakaw, Sask. paramedics helped a woman give birth to a baby boy earlier this week on Highway 312.
Paramedics Karisa and Chris were called to a local community on Wednesday.
While en route to hospital with the woman, it quickly became apparent that the baby’s birth was imminent.
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At around 7:40 p.m. CT, the boy was born in an ambulance near Rosthern, Sask.
“The opportunity to bring a life into the world amidst misfortune and emergencies is a wonderful moment in the career of a paramedic,” Steve Skoworodko, owner of Wakaw & District EMS, said.
Both the mom and her newborn are at Saskatoon’s Royal University Hospital receiving further care.
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