A newly trained team of Atlanta 911 dispatchers helped deliver its first baby over the phone last Saturday, guiding a mother through childbirth inside a bathroom at Krog Street Market before paramedics arrived.
The historic call marked the first time the Atlanta E 911 Center’s newly certified team handled a childbirth emergency of its own, rather than transferring medical calls to another agency.
Mildreth Medina was at work with her sister at Krog Street Market when the contractions began. As the pain intensified, Medina realized her baby was coming…