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Alahna Kindred

Off-duty doctor delivers baby using dental floss in middle of long-haul flight

An off-duty doctor used dental floss to deliver a baby when a woman went into labour during a long-haul flight.

Dr Stephen Ansah-Addo, a dermatology resident, was on a flight from Ghana to Dallas, Texas, when the emergency call went out on the tannoy.

A pregnant woman, whose name has only been given as GG, had gone into labour prematurely aboard United Flight UA977 last month.

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