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| Woman forced to give birth outside Victoria Hospital | Woman forced to give birth outside Victoria Hospital |
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| A woman has given birth on the pavement outside a Fife hospital after she was unable to get inside the building. | A woman has given birth on the pavement outside a Fife hospital after she was unable to get inside the building. |
| The baby was born within minutes of Lisa McNeil, 25, arriving outside Kirkcaldy's Victoria Hospital. | |
| The first-time mother from Glenrothes got to the maternity unit at 00:14 on Sunday and by then she was already in the advanced stages of labour. | |
| But the doors to the maternity unit at the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy were closed. | But the doors to the maternity unit at the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy were closed. |
| Ms McNeil and her family rang the buzzer to get in, but the baby was born before anyone was able to answer the door. | |
| A statement from NHS Fife confirmed a woman phoned ahead to say she was on her way to the hospital. | |
| It said midwives made their way to the door to admit her when the buzzer rang, but labour was so far advanced that the baby was delivered at the door of the maternity unit. | It said midwives made their way to the door to admit her when the buzzer rang, but labour was so far advanced that the baby was delivered at the door of the maternity unit. |