British tourist 'gives birth 10 weeks early during blackouts in Spain': Hero hotel worker helps mother deliver baby
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A Costa del Sol hotel receptionist told how he saved the lives of a young British tourist and her newborn baby after she gave birth prematurely when blackouts hit Spain. The holidaymaker in her 20s is stable in hospital after the dramatic delivery in the early hours of Tuesday at the Puente Real Hotel in Torremolinos.
Police described the baby, said to have been in critical condition when it was rushed to the Materno Infantil Hospital in Malaga, as 'stable' in an update around midday.
Receptionist Arturo Bermudez, 40, told how he caught hold of the baby after it 'dropped out' of its mum's womb before performing life-saving CPR.
Mr Bermudez recalled there being little time to call a taxi, forcing him to act on instinct and under the verbal guidance of a 999 telephone operator.
When the ambulance arrived, paramedics took over the rescue efforts and the shocked mother was dashed to hospital.