Aillyn Villabona and Justin Ugaldo with their son, Jacob Phoenix Villabona Ugaldo.Photo:Grace Hauser, Adventist Health White Memorial
Grace Hauser, Adventist Health White Memorial
A power outage at a Los Angeles hospital wasn’t going to stop Jacob Phoenix Villabona Ugaldo’s delivery this week.
After the power went out around 11:45 p.m. local time Monday at the Adventist Health White Memorial Hospital’s Specialty Care Center, hundreds of patients — including 28 in critical condition — were forced to be evacuated to other facilities on the campus and other area hospitals, the Los Angeles Fire Department said in astatement.
But mom Aillyn Villabona chose to stay put, counting on the hospital’s dedicated medical staff instead of boarding an ambulance at the ready outside.
Aillyn Villabona with her son, Jacob Phoenix Villabona Ugaldo.Grace Hauser, Adventist Health White Memorial
Villabona told the station she was in the labor and delivery room when the power went out.
Jacob, a “preemie,” was scheduled to be delivered at the Specialty Care Center due to mom’s high-risk pregnancy, according to the hospital.
Eventually, little Jacob was delivered safely.
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Aillyn Villabona and Justin Ugaldo with their son, Jacob Phoenix Villabona Ugaldo.Grace Hauser, Adventist Health White Memorial
“Our challenges were there’s no power, there’s no elevators,” LAFD Chief Kristen Crowley said during a Tuesday news conference, perThe Los Angeles Times.“Our firefighters, paramedics and fire personnel came in, identified the critical patients, moved them as quickly as possible and then had to be very innovative in how we were going to move these critical patients as well as the noncritical patients.”
source: people.com
