A 23-year-old mother is in stable condition after her eight-month-old baby was delivered by an emergency caesarean following a motor vehicle crash in Vavaʻu this week.
The baby girl weighing 2kg was safe and sound while a 15-month-old child received head injuries in the accident.
An emergency medevac team had been flown from Tongatapu to Vavaʻu to address the situation, Tonga’s Minister of Health Hon Saia Piukala told Kaniva News on Wednesday night
The baby’s mum was “more stable now but still need to bring to Vaiola for further management , the minister said.
He said the medevac team was consisted of anaesthetists, obstetricians and a paediatrician.
The Minister alleged the driver of the vehicle, the mother’s husband, was intoxicated.
Vavaʻu Police were contacted for details of the accident.