Merced doctor defies obstacles after crash on way to hospital, delivers baby safely Share Updated: 6:28 PM PDT Jul 14, 2021 Share Updated: 6:28 PM PDT Jul 14, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript EXCLUSIVE STORY OF HEROISM WHEN EVERY MOMENT COUNTED. >> THE BABY HEARTBEAT STARTED GOING DOWN. Y:KA THIS IS A MOMENT THAT ALSTMO AND NOT HAPPEN AS SHE HOLDS HER NEWBORN SON IN HER ARMS, ALL THANKS TO THE DOCTOR WHO SAVED HIM. >> JUST GRATITUDE, OH MY GOSH. I GAVE HIM A HUGE CHUG. I CAN’T EVEN EXPRESS. KAY: S WHEENT INTO LABOR ON JULY 2. RHE BABY’S HEARTBEAT DANGEROUSLY SLOWED DOWN, THE UMBILICAL CORD WRAPPED AROUND HIS NECK. >> IT WAS A WHIRLWIND, I WAS IN A LOT OF PAIN, SO I WAS JUST LOOKINGOR F RELIEF, AND HOPING EVERYTHING WOULD BE OK. >>T I WAS LIKE A PANIC SITUATION. YOU JUST DON’T KNOW WHAT’S GOING ON. KAY: FROM HIS HOME, DR. GEORGE OF GOLDEN VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER MONITORED THE SITUATION. THE BABY WAS IN A LOT OF STRESS. AND WE COULD TAKE THE BABY AND DELIVER HIM IMMEDIATELY. Y:KA HE SAID THE DRIVER TO DIGNITY HOSPITAL TAKES 10 MINUTES, BUT THAT SHORT DRIVE TURNED INTO AN ORDEAL. >> THEY CAME AT MY FACE IN MY HAND. Y:KA THIS IS WHERE THE ACCIDTEN TOOK PLACE, A FEW MINUTES AWAY FROM THE HOSPITAL. HOWEVER, HE WAS AN ACCIDENT AND HIS PHONE WASN’T WORKING, BUTE H WASN’T COMPLETELY OUT OF LUCK. THEES ARE IMAGES FROM THE CRASH. IN THIVIS DEO HE CHECKS ON THE OTHER DRIVER. I’LL CURIOUS ASHE T MERCED POLICE OFFICER ARRIVED QUICKLY. THE OFFICERS LOANED HIM HIS PHONE AND THE DOCTOR SPOKE TO THE NURSE. >> I WOULD DO MY BEST TO BE THER E.THE POLICE OFFICER OFFERED TO RELEASE ME AND LET ME GO. Y:KA THE DOCTOR GOT TO THE POPETIRANG ROOM JUST-IN-TIME. >> I WAS NOT THINKING ABOUT THE PAIN ON MY LEG OR THE BLOOD ON MY FACE AND HAND, JUST HOW WILL I GET THERE. AND I WAS STANDING ON ONLY ONE LEG WHEN I WAS DOING THE SURGERY. KAY: HE DELIVERED BABY BRADLEY SAFELY. HE SAYS AS THE ADRENALINE WORE OFF, THAT’S WHEN HIS PAIN BECAME REAL. >>HE T NURSES HELD ME UP AND TOOK PIECES OF GLASS FROM MY FACE AND I WENT BK ACTO THE ACCIDENT SCENE. Y:KA HE SAYS HE STILL HAS NIGHTMARES ABOUT THE ACCIDENT, HOWEVER, HIS INJURIES ARE HEALING, AND SEEING BABY BRADLEY WAS A REMINDER OF HIS PROFESSION. >> I AM SO GLAD TO SEE THE BABY HEALTHY AND IT GIVES ME MORE PUSH TO DO IT AGAIN. Y:KA IN MERCED, KAY RECEDE. ED:IE THE BABY IS ALMOST TWO WEEKS ALL NOW, YOU CAN SEE THAT HE AND MOM ARE DOING JUST FINE, AND THEY ARE GOING TO BE MEETING UP WITH ATTH DOCTOR IN A WEEK FOR A FOLLOW-UP APPOINTMENT. I GUESS EVERYONE WILL BE FOLLOWING UP WITH EVERYONE. GULSTAN: I K