A week after your first birthday might seem early to have a full circle moment, but Zora’s story has been full of surprises.
On Tuesday 3 November, joined by his parents and two older siblings at Point Cook ambulance station, Zora reunited with the paramedics who helped deliver him – on the side of Princes Freeway.
Mother Preeti Kaur and father Sunny Singh were on the way to the hospital at about 1am on 28 October last year when Zora made it clear he was not in any mood to wait, forcing his parents to pull over near the Laverton exit.
Melton West based Ambulance Victoria paramedics Nerida Boci and Mitch Psaila arrived in the nick of time.
Initially expecting they would have time to transport Ms Kaur to hospital, little Zora had other ideas.
Ms Boci, her first time delivering a baby, said the pair got a bit of a shock when they arrived.
“We get dispatched to a lot of imminent deliveries – but they are not typically that imminent when we get there,” she said.
“It was quite a special moment and something that I have always wanted to do.
“The fact it was so well done was really lovely – it was really beautiful for me anyway.”
Mr Psaila said it was amazing to reunite with Zora.
“You know with us paramedics it’s a bit different with the nurses and doctors, we don’t get to hear the result of our jobs a lot of the time, so when we do get a good story and to see how everything is trekking, it hits the heart – it’s good,” he said.
