This weekend, doctors had to conduct a delivery of a baby in a wild Yakutian taiga, since the mother who had gone fishing with her husband was on her 40 weeks of pregnancy. In the meantime, the rescuers and the armed police officers had to look out for bears who might be wondering nearby, reports RIA Novosti with a reference to the Russian Ministry of Health.

According to the Ministry of Health , the woman decided to help her husband and relatives in fishing. The group headed to a lake in a dense taiga . On Saturday her birth pangs began. Her sister and husband tried to drive her to the hospital, but the SUV fell into a swamp . The woman remained in the forest with her sister, whereas her husband ran to the highway hoping to enable the mobile connection.

On Saturday at 23.28 the emergency received an alarm about the woman giving a birth in taiga. It took the doctors, the rescuers, and the police several hours to overcome the swampy terrain and reach the woman . The  delivery was complicated due to bleeding. The doctors were able to save the lives of the woman and the child thanks to a number of immediate measures they undertook. At the same time, the rescuers from the  Emergency Situations Ministry and the policemen who had  government-issue weapons had to protect the woman from bears who might be walking nearby.

All the jeeps that headed to the location fell into the swamp one after the other. The doctors and rescuers had to carry  the woman and the child to the highway on their arms. They took them to Mirni central hospital . According to the doctors, the condition of the woman and the baby is relatively satisfactory. Fortunately, their lives are not in danger.