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| Special delivery Mother Sonia Marina Nascimento, 39, gave a new meaning to the term ”special delivery” when she went into labour in her local post office in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, in 2009. “I was shopping and had stopped at the post office on the way, but in the queue my broke. A woman from the post office brought me inside the staff room. I didn’t think I was going to give birth there, as Dulce wasn’t for nine days, but she started coming out fast. My waters broke at 9.17 am and she was born two minutes later. Then they weighed the baby on the post office . My daughter’s birth says Norfolk Street Post Office and I still go to visit my daughter’s godparents.” certificate waters due labour scales | Sky high baby Student Shona Owen is the only UK citizen whose passport reads: “Born on an aeroplane, ten miles south of Mayfield, Sussex.” Her mother, Deborah Owen, was travelling to Britain from Ghana in 1990 when she went into labour. Her daughter was in six weeks. Wym Bakker, a Dutch doctor, who was travelling on the aircraft, the baby with the assistance from the cabin crew. Deborah is very grateful to the BA crew and the doctor. When Shona was born, the captain announced it, everyone clapped and champagne was sent out. To mark her unusual , Miss Owen was given the names Shona Kirsty Yves — spelling out the initials SKY. due giving birth delivered | |
| Book baby The 18-year-old Dominique Tverino was on a bus on the way to a medical appointment when her started. A passenger realized she was in labour and told her to get off and wait in the library while she called the . By the time the arrived, Baby Sariah was already on her way. ‘I just can’t believe I had her at the library,’ Dominique said. Staff from an American library who helped with the , gave the new mum a bag full of children’s books and two library cards — for mum and baby. paramedic contractions emergency services delivery | ||
VOCABULARY Shock
Match the words with their Russian equivalents.
| 1. vomiting | a) частота дыхания |
| 2. cause death | b) недостаток кровоснабжения |
| 3. diarrhoea | c) тошнота |
| 4. vital functions | d) диарея |
| 5. nausea | e) становиться причиной смерти |
| 6. diagnose | f) жизненно важные функции |
| 7. breathing rate | g) диагностировать |
| 8. a lack of blood supply | h) рвота |
Translate the sentences from Russian into English using the words from Ex.13.
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READING Flying doctors
Work in pairs and discuss the questions.
1. What do you know about Australia? How large is its territory?
2. How do you think people who live in rural, remote and regional areas of Australia can get emergency and primary health care services?
