Police’s Practical Act Of Kindness While Responding To An Emergency Call Goes Viral

Two Dutch police officers have become internet heroes after stepping in to help in an emergency in the most practical way possible.

The officers in Eindhoven, Netherlands were responding to an emergency call of a mother with five children at home.

The woman, who was suffering from a hypo glycaemic attack, rang authorities when she realised she needed to get to hospital but had nobody there to mind her children.

The two officers responding to the call decided that the best way they could help this woman was to offer to mind her children until a family member could take over – relieving her one concern and letting her focus on getting to the hospital.

Realising the kids were still hungry, the police officers decided to make them some snacks and to clean up behind them.

Picked up by Buzzfeed, a snap taken by one of the kids was posted by the local police station’s page, with a post from the officers’ team:

‘“The other side of police work”
Last week our colleagues got an alert in Woensel-Noord. An ambulance had to attend to a woman who was suffering from a hypo, her blood sugar was way too low. The woman was driven to the hospital for monitoring but there were five young children in the home.
Because the policemen had some time to wait before they could hand the kids over to someone and the kids hadn’t eaten yet, the officers made them something to eat.
Our colleagues made them egg sandwiches and some fruit, and they made sure to do all the dishes afterwards.’