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Summary
An Afghan woman is comforted by a member of the Kandahar Air Field Role III hospital after she delivered her first child via emergency cesarean section Jan. 20 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The mother was flown in from northern Khakrez District after trying to give birth for eight hours under the supervision of Capt. Jennifer Buckingham, physician assistant with the Female Treatment Team, Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force – Afghanistan. Facilities and equipment at Buckingham’s location did not allow for a C-section, and Coalition forces’ doctors came to the conclusion that the life of both mother and child were in jeopardy if they didn’t conduct the procedure soon. Transportation to the Afghan-run Mirwais Hospital in Kandahar City would have taken at least an additional 90 minutes, jeopardizing mother and child further, doctors said. The mother, accompanied by her husband and mother-in-law, gave birth to a healthy 5-pound, 12-ounce boy. (Photo by: Staff Sgt. Arthur Hamilton)