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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 155485" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">He was a doctor in India, a trucker here and a hero for delivering a baby midflight</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy">October 27, 2011</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Raveena Aulakh - The Star - Toronto</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><img src="http://media.thestar.topscms.com/images/16/66/ab99f98a4d76b772de520c1d0fc2.jpeg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><span style="color: Red">Balvinder Singh Ahuja is training to be a truck driver. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><span style="color: Red">In India he was a doctor and on Saturday delivered a baby on an Air India flight to Toronto.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><span style="color: Red">STEVE RUSSELL/TORONTO STAR</span></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">For 25 years in his native India, Balvinder Singh Ahuja worked as a pediatrician, treating thousands of children, saving many lives. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">For the past six months in Toronto, however, Ahuja has been learning to drive a truck, convinced it was too difficult a process to practise as a foreign-trained doctor in Canada.</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">But his experience as a veteran physician kicked into high gear Saturday when he performed an emergency delivery on an Air India flight from New Delhi to Toronto, turning a passenger cabin into a birthing room within minutes and improvising with makeshift instruments. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">The baby, a girl, was born 45 minutes later. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">“It was very exciting ... I’m glad I was able to help,” Ahuja said in a phone interview en route to Collingwood in a tractor-trailer. “But I doubt I’ll use my skills again.” </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">At least, he doesn’t expect to use them here. Like most foreign-trained doctors, Ahuja must be recertified before he can practise.</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">But with thousands of foreign-trained doctors in the country and few opportunities for residency, Ahuja says he knows it will be almost impossible. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">“I don’t want to get frustrated,” he says.</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">“I’m not closing that door completely but as of now I’m focusing on trucking because I have a family and I need money.”</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Ahuja said he immigrated to give his three children a better future. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">There are at least 7,500 internationally trained doctors in Ontario but fewer than 200 can get residency spots because they have to compete with young Canadians who are more familiar with the language and the system.</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">On board the plane, Ahuja had settled into his seat and was almost asleep when a call went out on the loudspeaker asking if there was a doctor or nurse aboard. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">He went to the back and saw Kuljit Kaur, about 37 weeks pregnant, on the floor obviously in labour and in pain. Her husband, Ranjodh Gill, was sitting next to her. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">The couple and their 7-year-old daughter were flying to Canada as landed immigrants. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">There was also an oncologist on board. “She had never attended a delivery,” Ahuja said, quickly realizing it was all up to him.</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">He had seen hundreds of births and though he hadn’t assisted with any he knew exactly what needed to be done. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Ahuja quickly gathered what he thought he would need. And then improvised. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Empty food cartons were used to lift Kaur’s legs. Scissors were sterilized in Scotch. Pieces of thread tied the umbilical cord. The microwave warmed a blanket for the baby.</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">The baby was born after 45 minutes of intense labour but no one freaked out, said Ahuja.</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">“I’ve attended all sorts of emergencies in the past years but this was such a different experience,” he said.</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">“I was anxious but not scared. There was no alternative, too.” </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Aakash Leen Kaur was born about 11,000 metres over Kazakhstan. Aakash means “sky” in Hindi. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Ahuja became an instant hero. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Passengers gave him a standing ovation, the Air India crew gave him a bottle of Scotch and the new father visited him at his home and gave him a box of sweets. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">“I was so grateful there was a doctor there,” said Gill, 37, a lawyer who immigrated to Alberta under the provincial nominee program. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">But the family wanted to spend some days in Brampton with his wife’s sister before flying to Calgary this weekend. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">“My wife was due on Nov. 7,” said Gill. “We don’t know what happened, why the baby came early.” </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">He said her labour pains started an hour after the plane took off. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">“We first thought it was gas but soon realized ... it wasn’t,” said Gill, admitting he panicked a bit until Ahuja, calm and composed, showed up. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">His wife, he said, is still tired but she and the baby are doing well. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Ahuja, meanwhile, is reliving his days as a physician through the mid-air delivery. “It was the most exciting thing that’s happened to me in Canada,” said Ahuja, who lives in Brampton with his wife and children.</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">What’s next? </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">“Getting my own truck.” </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Is the baby girl born in Kazakhstan airspace Canadian or Indian? Or Kazakhstani? </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Her father, Ranjodh Gill, says he doesn’t know and doesn’t care. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Citizenship and Immigration Canada will not comment on the baby’s status due to privacy reasons. “The status of the child will depend on the status of the parents,” said spokesman Bill Brown. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">But he did present some hypothetical scenarios: </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Generally, a child who is not born in Canada and does not have a parent who is a Canadian citizen is not a Canadian citizen either.</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">If one or both parents are Canadian citizens, they can apply to have a citizenship certificate issued for the child. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">If one or both of the parents are permanent residents, they can apply to have the child become a permanent resident. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">If the parents are here temporarily, they can apply to have the child gain temporary status as well. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>source:</strong> <a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1076650--he-was-a-doctor-in-india-a-trucker-here-and-a-hero-for-delivering-a-baby-midflight" target="_blank">http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1076650--he-was-a-doctor-in-india-a-trucker-here-and-a-hero-for-delivering-a-baby-midflight</a></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 155485, member: 884"] [COLOR="Navy"][B][SIZE="5"]He was a doctor in India, a trucker here and a hero for delivering a baby midflight[/SIZE][/B] October 27, 2011 Raveena Aulakh - The Star - Toronto [IMG]http://media.thestar.topscms.com/images/16/66/ab99f98a4d76b772de520c1d0fc2.jpeg[/IMG] [COLOR="Red"]Balvinder Singh Ahuja is training to be a truck driver. In India he was a doctor and on Saturday delivered a baby on an Air India flight to Toronto. STEVE RUSSELL/TORONTO STAR[/COLOR] For 25 years in his native India, Balvinder Singh Ahuja worked as a pediatrician, treating thousands of children, saving many lives. For the past six months in Toronto, however, Ahuja has been learning to drive a truck, convinced it was too difficult a process to practise as a foreign-trained doctor in Canada. But his experience as a veteran physician kicked into high gear Saturday when he performed an emergency delivery on an Air India flight from New Delhi to Toronto, turning a passenger cabin into a birthing room within minutes and improvising with makeshift instruments. The baby, a girl, was born 45 minutes later. “It was very exciting ... I’m glad I was able to help,” Ahuja said in a phone interview en route to Collingwood in a tractor-trailer. “But I doubt I’ll use my skills again.” At least, he doesn’t expect to use them here. Like most foreign-trained doctors, Ahuja must be recertified before he can practise. But with thousands of foreign-trained doctors in the country and few opportunities for residency, Ahuja says he knows it will be almost impossible. “I don’t want to get frustrated,” he says. “I’m not closing that door completely but as of now I’m focusing on trucking because I have a family and I need money.” Ahuja said he immigrated to give his three children a better future. There are at least 7,500 internationally trained doctors in Ontario but fewer than 200 can get residency spots because they have to compete with young Canadians who are more familiar with the language and the system. On board the plane, Ahuja had settled into his seat and was almost asleep when a call went out on the loudspeaker asking if there was a doctor or nurse aboard. He went to the back and saw Kuljit Kaur, about 37 weeks pregnant, on the floor obviously in labour and in pain. Her husband, Ranjodh Gill, was sitting next to her. The couple and their 7-year-old daughter were flying to Canada as landed immigrants. There was also an oncologist on board. “She had never attended a delivery,” Ahuja said, quickly realizing it was all up to him. He had seen hundreds of births and though he hadn’t assisted with any he knew exactly what needed to be done. Ahuja quickly gathered what he thought he would need. And then improvised. Empty food cartons were used to lift Kaur’s legs. Scissors were sterilized in Scotch. Pieces of thread tied the umbilical cord. The microwave warmed a blanket for the baby. The baby was born after 45 minutes of intense labour but no one freaked out, said Ahuja. “I’ve attended all sorts of emergencies in the past years but this was such a different experience,” he said. “I was anxious but not scared. There was no alternative, too.” Aakash Leen Kaur was born about 11,000 metres over Kazakhstan. Aakash means “sky” in Hindi. Ahuja became an instant hero. Passengers gave him a standing ovation, the Air India crew gave him a bottle of Scotch and the new father visited him at his home and gave him a box of sweets. “I was so grateful there was a doctor there,” said Gill, 37, a lawyer who immigrated to Alberta under the provincial nominee program. But the family wanted to spend some days in Brampton with his wife’s sister before flying to Calgary this weekend. “My wife was due on Nov. 7,” said Gill. “We don’t know what happened, why the baby came early.” He said her labour pains started an hour after the plane took off. “We first thought it was gas but soon realized ... it wasn’t,” said Gill, admitting he panicked a bit until Ahuja, calm and composed, showed up. His wife, he said, is still tired but she and the baby are doing well. Ahuja, meanwhile, is reliving his days as a physician through the mid-air delivery. “It was the most exciting thing that’s happened to me in Canada,” said Ahuja, who lives in Brampton with his wife and children. What’s next? “Getting my own truck.” Is the baby girl born in Kazakhstan airspace Canadian or Indian? Or Kazakhstani? Her father, Ranjodh Gill, says he doesn’t know and doesn’t care. Citizenship and Immigration Canada will not comment on the baby’s status due to privacy reasons. “The status of the child will depend on the status of the parents,” said spokesman Bill Brown. But he did present some hypothetical scenarios: Generally, a child who is not born in Canada and does not have a parent who is a Canadian citizen is not a Canadian citizen either. If one or both parents are Canadian citizens, they can apply to have a citizenship certificate issued for the child. If one or both of the parents are permanent residents, they can apply to have the child become a permanent resident. If the parents are here temporarily, they can apply to have the child gain temporary status as well. [B]source:[/B] [url]http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1076650--he-was-a-doctor-in-india-a-trucker-here-and-a-hero-for-delivering-a-baby-midflight[/url][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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