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Sharing the birth experience when Dad is 6,000 miles away

See how Jefferson University Hospitals helped a military dad ‘be there’ from his duty station in Kuwait.

By Ann Tracy Mueller | Posted: February 19, 2013

Does your hospital make it possible for dads to attend their infant’s birth, even when they’re on the other side of the world?

We found this Google+ post from Jefferson University Hospitals:

Stationed 6,000 miles away from Philly in Kuwait, Edward still attended the #birth of his second child @TJUHospital: http://pub.vitrue.com/GC7Y

The hospital shares how, as patient Kristal Chestnut was about to give birth, an iPhone with a video chat app allowed her husband Edward to witness the cesarean birth of his 10-pound daughter, Lilly.

The world is a lot smaller today, thanks to technology. Does your health care organization use it to draw families close at times like this?

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