A new mom has thanked the Cork Ambulance crew who delivered her baby a month earlier than expected on the way to the hospital on Friday morning following an emergency call.

The National Ambulance Service team had responded to a 999 call at 10am and ended up delivering the baby en route to Cork University Hospital just before 10.30am.

Taking to social media Ruth praised the team for their assistance in bringing her baby into the world a month earlier than anticipated.

Posting on Twitter, Civic Engagement Project Coordinator at UCC Ruth Hally wrote:

“Thank you to the Cork ambulance crew who responded to a 999 call at 10.02 am and delivered our baby (almost a month early) at 10.27am, metres from CUMH.

“I'll likely never meet you again but I'll never forget your compassion and incredible skill.”

Thank you to the Cork ambulance crew who responded to a 999 call at 10.02am and delivered our baby (almost a month early) at 10.27 metres from CUMH.I'll likely never meet you again but I'll never forget your compassion and incredible skill @HSELive 🙏

— Ruth Hally (@ruthhally1) August 27, 2021

Some hours later, after thousands of likes and hundreds of retweets and dozens of messages, Ruth tweeted again to thank everyone for the lovely messages.

“Can't believe the response to this. Great appetite for positive news stories about our great #HSE workers. Thanks for the wonderful msgs.” 

Can't believe the response to this. Great appetite for positive news stories about our great #HSE workers. Thanks for the wonderful msgs. '10.27' relates to birth time, not exact distance to cumh or baby's height - I'll never forget a comma again!

— Ruth Hally (@ruthhally1) August 27, 2021