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Baby Born on Stairway of Retiro Building in Madrid After Sudden Labor

Emergency medics reached the building moments later to provide immediate care before a police‑escorted transfer to Gregorio Marañón.

Overview

  • The 27-year-old mother’s waters broke minutes earlier as she left for the hospital, and she delivered on the first step around 20:15 in Madrid’s Retiro district.
  • Samur-PC arrived after the delivery, cut the umbilical cord, initiated skin-to-skin contact, and carried mother and newborn down the remaining stairs on a stretcher.
  • Both patients were assessed in good condition and transported to the maternity unit at Hospital Gregorio Marañón under continued monitoring.
  • Samur-PC’s on-duty chief, Arturo de Blas, said the newborn showed very good appearance and coloration, and the placenta was delivered during the ambulance transfer.
  • A video shared by Emergencias Madrid captured relatives saying the father was in shock as the mother lay on the first step to give birth.