A group of brave nurses launched a daring operation to protect newborn babies in their cots when a huge earthquake rocked a care centre.
Startling video shows their response to the magnitude 6.1 tremor struck, which the island of Taiwan on April 18, shortly after 1pm.
CCTV provided by the Charity Postpartum Care Center shows how its experienced nurses responded.
In the video, the facility in Xizhi District in North Taiwan’s New Taipei City can be seen hoisting around a dozen newborn babies, each in their own cot, when the room starts to shake.
One of the three on-duty nurses immediately scrambles to grab hold of as many cots as possible as they begin rolling around the room by their wheels.
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Her two colleagues, both of whom have a newborn in their arms, then leave their stations to protect the remaining cots, which are also shaking and sliding across the room.
The touching footage shows the nurses leaning over the cots to protect their precious occupants as the shaking stops after roughly 10 secondes.
After the incident made headlines in Taiwan, members of the public have heaped praise on the care centre.
A spokeswoman told Asia Wire: “The most important thing is that all of us are safe after the earthquake.
“As nurses, we showed the professionalism and calmness required to carry out our duties.”
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The epicentre of the tremor was in Taiwan’s eastern quake-prone Hualien County.
According to emergency services statistics, 17 people were injured during the short earthquake.
The images are reminiscent of the earthquake in South Korea in November 2017, when a number of nurses performed similar heroics to save newborns in sliding cots.
