A woman evacuated a baby girl during a catastrophic earthquake that struck Myanmar and Thailand.
Kanthong Saenmuangshin, 36, was born in a rolling bed amid the chaos of a powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake on Friday, and the patient was moved to the ground floor and external buildings to ensure safety.
The 36-year-old Thai man went to the police general hospital in Bangkok for routine checkups, but eventually began to work after the ground began to shake.
Ms. Saenmuangshin's waters broke when she was escorted to five stairs by medical staff, and she was worried that she would give birth to the stairs.
Kanthong Saenmuangshin holds the baby (via Reuters)
Speaking on Saturday after her newborn gave birth, she said, “I told my baby not to come out.
At that time, Ms. Saenmuangshin's husband was at work and could not be born in the hospital in time.
When her daughter was finally born, she breathed a sigh of relief. The ground stopped shaking and her baby saw the happiness of her new mother.
A building that arrived at the scene collapsed after the earthquake in Bangkok, Thailand on Friday (Lauren Decicca/Getty Images)
Ms. Saenmuangshin and her husband gave their children a nickname “Mink”. They have not decided on her full name, but are not going to give her any name related to the earthquake.
An earthquake struck at noon on Friday, not far from Mandalay, Myanmar's second largest city, pushing buildings in many areas to the ground and causing extensive damage.
The confirmed death toll of the devastating earthquake rose by more than 1,644 on Saturday, according to Myanmar State Television. The number of injured people increased to 3,408, while the number of missing people rose to 139.
Rescuers try to free residents trapped under the ruins of the devastated Sky Villa apartment development in Mandalay (AFP via Getty Images)
The earthquake also shocked nearby Thailand, killing six people and injuring 26 people at three construction sites, including high-rise buildings built in part Bangkok. Authorities said on Saturday that 47 more people were missing.
Rescue work is underway as deaths and injuries may continue to grow, and a state of emergency has been declared in both countries.
