Starting at the village of Amanavén, in the municipality of Cumaribo - Vichada, to the municipality of Inírida - Guainía, the Colombian Navy evacuated a foreign woman with 38 weeks of pregnancy, who was in labor, without the possibility of specialized medical assistance.
The emergency call was received when Units of Navy Infantry River Battalion No.50 were carrying out border river control work on the Guaviare River, in the sector known as the Estrella Fluvial del Oriente. Immediately, the Sailors of Colombia proceeded to evacuate the 19-year-old woman along with her companion, in one of the boats of the Naval Institution, while conducting the corresponding coordination with the Police Department of Guainía and Migración Colombia to provide immediate medical assistance.
After approximately 25 minutes of travel, the woman was received at the main pier of Inírida by a medical and assistance team, who later transferred her in an ambulance to the Manuel Elkin Patarroyo Hospital, where she received the specialized assistance sought for the birth of her baby.
Both the mother and the little newborn are in optimal health. “I am very grateful to the Colombian Navy because they were the only ones who gave me support. Thanks to them, my daughter, who will be called Marina, is healthy with me today,” she said.
Source: Press - Navy of Colombia
