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Thought this was pretty cool..
How two Wichita doctors ended up delivering a baby orangutan at the zoo
Doctors Laura Whisler and Janna Chibry awoke to calls around 4 a.m. the morning of Sept. 7.
As practicing OB-GYNs at Wichita’s College Hill Obstetrics and Gynecology, they’re used to being called in to deliver babies at all hours.
But that morning, instead of driving to a hospital, they rushed to the Sedgwick County Zoo, where a pregnant 36-year-old Sumatran orangutan, Daisy, was having dangerous birthing complications.
It’s common for zoos to keep non-veterinary doctors on call for emergency situations, but this was the first time in Sedgwick County Zoo history a great ape required a surgical C-section.
Read more here: https://www.kansas.com/entertainment/ent-columns-blogs/keeper-of-the-plans/article218730195.html#storylink=cpy
