[gatagato]

How heroic medics in Syria saved the life of mother and newborn after being forced to perform an emergency caesarean following a bomb blast

• Mother and her unborn child were injured in missile strike in Aleppo
• Doctors are seen vigorously rubbing the baby and clearing her airways
• A large shrapnel fragment is removed from the little girl's bloodied brow
• Officials say mother and her new daughter are both recovering well

This astonishing footage shows medics in Syria performing an emergency caesarean on a woman whose unborn baby has been injured in a missile strike in Aleppo.
The incredible video captures the moment doctors pull the baby girl from the womb with a piece of shrapnel implanted in her tiny brow.
Medics frantically work to revive the lifeless baby, rigorously rubbing her limp body and clearing her airways,until she can take her first breath.

The healthcare workers from Aleppo City Medical Council, a non-profit medical service in the city, can be heard rejoicing when the newborn makes her first whimpers minutes later.
She then breaks out into a full cry after they successfully remove the debris from her head, leaving a finger-sized wound.

While staff continue to work on her mother, they clean up the injured baby whose dark hair is bloody and matted, wrapping her in a green blanket.
The miraculous video was posted on Facebook on Friday with both mother and baby said to be recovering well in hospital.
Her three other children, who were also said to be injured in the missile strike, also survived.

Although the baby has not been named, elated doctors suggested she should be called Amal, meaning 'hope' in Arabic.
Syria has been embroiled in a vicious civil war since the uprising against dictator Bashar al-Assad in 2011.
An estimated 320,000 people have been killed and an estimated 4 million have been forced from their homes amid fighting between Mr Assad's forces, Islamic State terrorists, and other militant and rebel groups.
Aleppo is Syria's largest city and is divided between Syrian opposition fighters, the Syrian government and Kurdish forces.

[winvens]

Very lucky mother and child. Cheers to that medical council, they do fine work!

[ludokressh]

What a way to come into the world. Very lucky indeed.

[Cancun78]

No pregnant lady nor no baby or child should ever experience this violence. Curse all those cowardly males who bring it upon them. Damn them to the deepest pits of hell.

[Kelseecat65]

WOW, that was amazing!

[darkredspyder]

Lucky kid. Hope she doesn't have future issues from that.

[GimmeKnowledge]

Amal is a nice name, but with her Battle Born origin story, maybe her mom should consider Conania or something similar.

[kellyhound]

one lucky mother and baby

[vagabond]

Amazing! Disgusting thing to be injured before you are even born, though...

[Desensitisation]

No child of hers is ever going to fuck with her when she becomes a mother.

"Oh, you think life is hard because you want a new iPhone and I won't buy you one? I was born with fucking shrapnel in my head, you little shits."