81 Year Old Midwife Still Working Miracles

When most people think of what they will be doing when they are 81, I bet many do not plan on still working full time. Or delivering healthy babies. Ruth Lubic is a midwife at her own clinic in Washington D.C, where the infant mortality rate is among the highest in the country. She delivers babies for low income mothers on Medicaid living in the D.C area and gives them the help they need to have healthy babies. Lubic's clinic has delivered 800 babies in eight years and have never lost a child during birth. Ruby Lubic wants to do everything she can to make the U.S infant mortality, something she calls ,"a national disgrace", decrease as much as possible. To me, it is so inspiring that she can be so caring and dedicated even at such an old age. I really appreciate Wyatt Andrews at CBS news for writing such a positve story. Many things in the news lately are depressing and negative. Its nice to see something uplifting for once. CBS always has newsworthy topics and this is one. Andrews interviewed Lubic and D.C city coucilman David Catania to show that the government is supportive of her cause. Even though this article was not a headline story, I still think it was good to have in the news to show the American people that there is hope for the country.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/08/eveningnews/main4428250.shtml