A baby born in Toronto's life have been saved after being born in freezing weather and wrongly being declared dead.
The Toronto Star reported that the mother of the baby attempted to walk to the hospital when she was about to give birth but couldn't make it in time and ended up giving birth on the freezing cold sidewalk.
Toronto Police Department spokesperson Constable Wendy Drummond said to MSN that the 20-year-old mother was trying to reach Humber River Hospital on Finch avenue. "She wasn't feeling well and was walking with her mother to the hospital, but didn't make it," Drummond said. "She went into labor on a field off the sidewalk."
Doctors at the hospital tried to revive the newborn but she was declared dead and a sheet was put over her. Then two police officers saw the sheet moving almost two hours later. USA Today reported that one of the officer's felt for a pulse and told emergency personal who confirmed that the baby was in fact alive.
The baby is now in stable conditions. USA Today reported that doctor's believe that the freezing cold temperature could have slowed the baby's heart.
"It was an extraordinary day for the officers and the baby girl," Drummond said to MSN. "It's the first in my career and the first in the two officers' career and will probably remain the only one of its kind."
On Sunday, temperatures dropped below 5 degrees Farenhet overnight. "At some point the baby was declared dead by the hospital," Drummond said to MSN."The two officers were alone in the room with the child when they noticed some movement under the sheet. They took a closer look and felt for a pulse. They found one."
Drummond added to MSN, "The officers are both very pleased that the tragic event developed into something extraordinary," she said, "They are both very happy."
The officers declined to speak publicly about the incident but the Toronto Police department tweeted the news on their official Twitter account.
"Today two officers experienced something most likely never to happen again in their careers. Truly astonished/pleased baby is doing well ~wd," Drummond tweeted.
The hospital is now reviewing the incident including the resuscitation efforts. "According to Jamie Hutchison, research director for critical care medicine at the Hospital for Sick Children, the newborn most likely had hypothermia, or abnormally low body temperature. Anyone who spends a lot of time outdoors in cold weather can get hypothermia. Babies and old people are especially at risk," reported MSN.
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