Cape Town - A pregnant woman went into labour on Robben Island on Wednesday morning and had to be evacuated to the Cape Town mainland, the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) said.
NSRI spokesman Craig Lambinon said a boat with a paramedic onboard was launched around 3am to collect the 35-year-old island staff member.
She was taken back to the mainland and was admitted to New Somerset Hospital.
“Our NSRI rescue crew and the emergency medical services paramedics have wished her well with this, which will be the birth of her fourth child,” Lambinon said. - Sapa