Quebec Woman Gives Birth Outside After Finding Hospital Door Locked

A paramedic loads his stretcher back into the ambulance after bringing a patient to the emergency room at a hospital in Montreal, on Apr. 14, 2022. The Canadian Press/Ryan Remiorz

A central Quebec health authority has confirmed that a woman gave birth outside a hospital in Drummondville, Que., after the mother arrived to the building and found the main doors locked.

The health authority says employees heard noises outside the Ste-Croix hospital the morning of Mar. 12 and discovered the woman and her newborn.