Overview

• A 17-year-old woman at eight months of pregnancy went into labor at San Cosme station and was assisted by Policía Bancaria e Industrial officers and metro security staff.
• Officers activated first-aid delivery protocols and helped with the birth in the station’s transfer corridors while awaiting medical support.
• Protección Civil paramedics arrived minutes later to cut the umbilical cord, evaluate the newborn, and wrap the baby in a thermal blanket.
• After on-site stabilization, both mother and child were placed on stretchers and transported to a hospital for specialized care.
• The case highlights ongoing gaps in ambulance response in metro systems and mirrors a similar emergency delivery by Spanish police in May.