{"id":28111,"date":"2021-05-20T18:59:07","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T18:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?p=28111"},"modified":"2021-05-20T16:57:22","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T16:57:22","slug":"13-year-old-girl-saves-pregnant-mother-during-midnight-emergency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/13-year-old-girl-saves-pregnant-mother-during-midnight-emergency","title":{"rendered":"13-Year-Old Girl Saves Pregnant Mother During Midnight Emergency"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Kenya<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Brave 13-year-old Virginia Aoko saved the life of her mother and that of her younger brother during a midnight emergency.<\/p>\n

It all began on the night of Tuesday, May 20, when Aoko, her mother Judith Anyango who was pregnant and her younger brother were spending the night at a local shelter after being displaced by floods.<\/p>\n

Anyango narrated that she started experiencing labour pains at around 10 p.m. but the pain became unbearable for her at around 3 a.m.<\/p>\n

Her daughter, who was sleeping in a makeshift structure adjacent to hers, heard her mother calling out and decided to take her to the hospital in the middle of the night.<\/p>\n

“At around 10 p.m., I experienced labour pains but I was just alone because I had transferred the children and remained at the camp. When It got to 3 a.m., the pain became worse and the water had broke,” she stated.<\/p>\n

At the same time, her brother, who had contracted the malaria virus, was also convulsing.<\/p>\n

When Aoko responded, she found her mother in a helpless state and decided to help her onto the boat in order to take her to the hospital.<\/p>\n

She paddled for a period of two hours and luckily, she arrived at Rukala Model Health Center where her mother was admitted immediately.<\/p>\n

“I thought my mother needed help but found out that my mother was in labour and had to be rushed to the hospital,<\/p>\n

“I was worried that if I did not act fast, my mother could lose the baby and even die. I didn’t want to lose her as she means a lot to us,” she told Nation.<\/p>\n

At the time of the incident, her father was not around. He had joined his colleagues in a night-long fishing expedition.<\/p>\n

Rukala Health Center Nursing Officer Felix Pambula not that he was surprised that the girl had braved the chilly night and reeds to get her mother to the hospital.<\/p>\n

The girl noted that she had been taught how to paddle the boat as a survival mechanism in the often flood-hit neighbourhood of Budalangi, Busia County.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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