Mother gave birth on toilet at Northwick Park Hospital

Lalene Malik was rushed to A&E at Northwick Park Hospital by her family after suffering an excruciating stomach ache at home in Greenford on March 26.

The 23-year-old, who said she had been prescribed the contraceptive pill five months earlier and took two negative pregnancy tests in February, believed she must be constipated.

But her mother, Sumra, had an “intuition” that something was wrong when her daughter began crying in pain after going to the hospital bathroom while waiting to be seen, and sounded the alarm with nearby doctors, Ms Malik said.

Lalene Malik gave birth to Mohammed Ibrahim. Credit: PA

Ms Malik was about to flush when baby Mohammed Ibrahim’s tiny arm was spotted in the bowl, leaving her terrified that her and her son’s lives were in danger.

She believes the baby may have been stuck for up to seven minutes before he was rescued by medics.

“I was gone. My mind was blank. I was put in another room because obviously I was crying and my mum was crying. It was a complete shock and a trauma for both of us and I felt that my life was in danger,” she said.

Doctors who retrieved the baby said he “looked lifeless” and was not breathing, but resuscitation efforts were successful.

Dr Ewa Grocholski, who helped to save Ibrahim by giving him chest compressions after getting him out of the bowl, said it was the “most amazing experience of (her) medical career”.

Lalene Malik gave birth to Mohammed Ibrahim. Credit: PA

She described Ms Malik as a “hero” and said it was “incredible” she had gone through labour despite having no prior knowledge of the pregnancy.

Ibrahim was born full-term and is now healthy after he was given oxygen and monitored carefully by hospital staff.

Ms Malik has described her son as a “miracle” baby but accused her family doctor, Elm Trees surgery in Greenford, of failing to carry out tests properly which could have revealed she was pregnant.

The student, who is taking a masters in international relations at Roehampton University, said she had not been planning on having a child and had taken the pill from October to January after it was prescribed by a doctor.

Ms Malik said she was given a blood test at the surgery in March but later told it had been botched and the results were unavailable.

Lalene Malik gave birth to Mohammed Ibrahim. Credit: PA

Ms Malik said she had returned two negative home pregnancy tests as recently as February and her symptoms were very mild.

She said she is determined to complete her university course but has had to defer until July to look after little Ibrahim.

The Elm Trees surgery has said Ms Malik’s experience falls below its expected standards of care and the matter will be investigated.

The practice said in a statement: “We are very sorry to learn of Ms Malik’s experience, this falls below the standards of care we expect from our services. Please be assured that this matter will be fully investigated.”