Laura’s Story

A baby born prematurely in Poland and afflicted with asphyxia at birth.

“Thanks to the support of ambulances equipped by The Human Safety Net, our daughter Laura recovered after a complicated birth. Laura suffered from asphyxia, which meant her brain wasn’t receiving enough oxygen at birth.

There was a serious risk of complete organ failure. We do not know what her future might have been without the equipment for cooling newborn body temperatures that The Human Safety Net helped provide inside the ambulance.

When asphyxia occurs, time is everything. Newborns’ bodies need to be cooled as soon as possible within the first six hours. There were no cooling machines available in the nearby Zielona Góra Hospital, nor in Poznan. The hospital in Wrocław had space for her, but we were too far away. Luckily she could be transferred from Nowa Sól to Wrocław, and immediately cooled in the ambulance. Today Laura is active and has put on weight nicely - these are all positive signs of healthy growth and development. All we have to do now is wait, but we are sure she will be okay!”