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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Stuti Mishra and Reuters

Woman gives birth under torchlight during Indonesia earthquake: ‘They did not abandon us’

A woman gave birth by emergency caesarean section as an earthquake struck eastern Indonesia, with doctors working under torchlight as the power failed and the hospital shook around them.

Maria Florida Nogo Kelen, 39, was two months from her due date when Saturday's magnitude-7.7 quake struck East Nusa Tenggara.

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