Sarah Rose Patrick and David Patrick welcomed their son just outside Louisville's Baptist Health Hospital a week before his due date
With assistance from the dispatcher, David helped his wife deliver their son Navi Bond Patrick — and as they had no other means of tying off their baby’s umbilical cord, he used the face mask his wife was wearing.
"Patients who come to Baptist Health Louisville, who are pregnant and in labor, can always enter the hospital in the middle of the night through the Emergency Room or enter through the entrance to the Labor and Delivery department which is located in the front of the building at 3900 Kresge Way," the hospital told the news outlet in a statement. "Both entrances have signage and both entrances are open 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.
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