The woman was being taken to the health center when she went into labor. Upon observing the soldiers, they stopped and requested support. A nursing soldier received the baby.
The soldiers of the Light Cavalry Group No. 7 Meteoro and the Casanare Guides Group, of the Sixteenth Brigade of the National Army, were carrying out territorial control and area registration tasks on the road that leads from Hato Corozal to Sácama , especially due to the acts of public order disturbance presented in previous days.
A fire truck arrived at the checkpoint; its crew member asked the soldiers to support the labor of an indigenous woman they were bringing from the Chaparral Barro Negro indigenous reservation, and there was no longer enough time to take her to the health center to that it was attended to.
The woman was urgently assisted by a combat nurse soldier who was part of the platoon. Thanks to his knowledge and experience, she successfully cared for him, bringing a small baby into the world, whose vital signs were also checked and his examination was done. first health care.
The humanitarian action of the soldiers prevented complications in the health of the baby and his mother. She, after expressing her gratitude, continued on her way to the Sácama health center, where according to the latest report known to the troops, the two are in optimal condition.
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