PHARMACIES are increasingly becoming health hubs for their community, offering a range of services from nutritional advice to chronic disease management.
However, few would argue that the community pharmacy sector is ideally placed when it comes to delivering babies.
But when Anna Maria Lodono's waters broke as she was walking down a street in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain, last Mon, staff from a nearby pharmacy rushed to her aid, and helped her to safely deliver a baby girl, local English language publication, The Olive Press, reported.
A quick-thinking pharmacy assistant brought Lodono into the store, and lay a blanket on the floor, before using large sunscreen ads to cover the shop's windows, giving the mother some privacy.
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