A GUYANA Defence Force (GDF) acting Corporal, Dominique Gonsalves Sabola of the Medical Corps, safely delivered a healthy baby boy at Tshau Creek, Kaikan, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni), at 05:46hrs on Saturday.

The mother of the child is 35-year-old Yancelis Diaz. Reports are that both mother and child are healthy and doing fine.

According to the GDF, Corporal Sabola is a Grade II Medical Assistant who enlisted in the GDF in April of 2013.

He successfully completed the Grade III Medical Assistant Course in 2014, and, in 2018, successfully completed the Junior Leaders’ Course. In 2019, he successfully completed the Grade II Medical Assistant Course.

He is one of the force’s frontline medical personnel serving in the interior of Guyana.

Sabola has expressed his thanks and gratitude for having been offered the opportunity to serve in the GDF, particularly in the Medical Corps, and credits his mother, grandmother and the GDF family for supporting him in achieving his dreams.

The GDF congratulated the acting corporal and Ms Diaz.