Heroic Doctor Drives Hours Through Snowstorm to Save High-Risk Newborn Baby’s Life

Heroic Doctor Drives Hours Through Snowstorm to Save High-Risk Newborn Baby’s Life
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A Charlottesville doctor who dropped everything to attend a complicated labor, hours away, is being hailed as a hero. The doctor drove through a snowstorm to perform a specialized procedure, potentially saving a newborn baby’s life in the process.

“It’s not any different than someone who’s in battle,” said Dr. Stephen Early, pediatric otolaryngologist at the University of Virginia, to CBS. “You just make the decision, you go into the line of fire.”