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A pregnant woman was forced to give birth on a couch in a hospital waiting room due to overcrowding and staffing issues

There were also no beds available in the hospital's maternity ward after she delivered her baby, the woman said

The hospital told PEOPLE in a statement that its "birthing unit was very busy and experienced a higher than average number of births"

A pregnant woman was forced to give birth on a hospital waiting room couch due to overcrowding and staffing issues.

The woman, whose identity has not been shared publicly, told News 9 Australia that she went to the Westmead Hospital in Sydney, Australia, on July 31, after her water broke while she was walking her dog.

There, the woman said she and her husband were told to stand in a hallway after they were

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