VMR rescue boat and ambulance too slow for baby Archie Shane Gould

Cheryl Goodenough
Updated April 17 2017 - 1:24pm, first published April 14 2017 - 8:00pm
BORN ENROUTE: After labouring on a VMR boat between North Stradbroke Island and Raby Bay, Alisha Stevenson gave birth to Archie Shane Gould as the ambulance raced to Redland Hospital. Photo: Supplied
BORN ENROUTE: After labouring on a VMR boat between North Stradbroke Island and Raby Bay, Alisha Stevenson gave birth to Archie Shane Gould as the ambulance raced to Redland Hospital. Photo: Supplied

EVERYONE involved was relieved baby Archie Shane Gould was not born on a hard bench on a Volunteer Marine Rescue boat, but his birth would have been less stressful if he had waited until they got to hospital.

Cheryl Goodenough

Cheryl Goodenough

Senior Journalist