Husband ties off newborn's umbilical cord with face mask after wife gives birth in hospital parking lot
Sarah Rose Patrick felt initial labor pangs on May 8, but her doctor told her she was not yet in labor, she told CNN.Early the next morning, she woke up with painful contractions. But when they arrived at Baptist Health Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky, the sliding doors to the hospital's Labor and Delivery Department were locked, according to Patrick.
So, David improvised, using his wife's hand-sewn protective face mask.After Navi was safely delivered, hospital staff arrived and took them inside..The hospital told CNN the entrance the Patricks' tried to use is designed to be constantly open.
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