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Watch: Moment baby is born on Bangkok street after quake evacuation

A woman gave birth to a baby on a street in Bangkok shortly after a hospital evacuation following tremors from an earthquake in Myanmar.

The patient was lying on a stretcher as hospital staff surrounded her and delivered the baby.

Patients from both King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital and BNH Hospital were gathered in a park, some of them were in stretchers and wheelchairs.

Hospital staff were also seen attending to patients outside of the hospitals.

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28 March 2025

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