A doctor who was held up in Auckland's rush-hour traffic when trying to reach a critically ill baby called in police to speed up her journey.
Dr Elizabeth Rumball phoned Police as she urgently needed to get to Starship Hospital to perform life-saving surgery, but was stuck in "crawling" traffic.
"We get used to dealing with life and death, but when I found myself on the motorway [on Sunday] night having been called to an emergency, and the motorway was blocked, I wasn't sure at first what to do," she said.
"It came to me possibly contacting the police would be the answer."
Two Counties Manukau officers whisked the paediatric nurse to the hospital with their sirens on and lights flashing.
Dr Rumball later called police to tell them the baby had survived the surgery.
"Every now and then we deal with one job that stays with us and just makes everyone feel better at the end of the day," says Counties Manukau police.
"You have no idea the difference that that made. You have my thanks," Ms Rumball says.
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