A father has recalled how his baby boy almost died during his unexpected arrival at home after no ambulances were immediately available to rush him to hospital.
Melanie Moir gave birth to her second child Ethan on the bathroom floor of her Sydney home early in the morning of January 2, hours after the ambulance service was inundated with a record 5,120 triple zero calls on New Year's Day.
With the newborn not breathing or moving, her frantic husband Alex called triple-0 for an ambulance.
He made the decision to drive his wife and newborn to hospital after the call operator was unable to give an estimated time of arrival for the ambulance.
A midwife herself, Ms Moir gave CPR to Ethan on the short drive to The Royal Hospital for Women in Randwick, where he spent the next week in the neonatal intensive care and has since made a full recovery.
Ethan Moir (pictured) spent a week in neonatal intensive care after he entered the world at home not breathing or moving
NSW Ambulance has apologised to the family and launched an investigation into the incident.
The Moirs have opened up about their harrowing ordeal by taking aim at the NSW and federal governments over their handling of the Covid-19 pandemic in the last two years.
They acknowledged Ethan's ordeal is not Covid related but demonstrates the health system isn't coping due to government 'incompetence.'
'You have had two years to bolster health services, to prepare for the worst and expect to be overwhelmed. Two years to prepare before this child ever existed,' Mr Moir captioned a photo of his tiny son fighting son in NICU.
'Our situation had nothing to do with Covid. If Ethan didn't survive, his death wouldn't have made any Covid metrics, but just how many deaths are on your hands outside of this pandemic?
'Our son isn't lucky to have survived his birth, he is lucky to have survived your government. You have failed your people, your country and your own humanity.'
Ethan's parents Melanie and Alex Moir have opened up about their traumatic ordeal to put a spotlight on the 'incompetency' of governments during the pandemic
Following Ethan's admission to NICU, the couple had to wait a terrifying 72 hours before they could hold him again.
Mr Moir feared Ethan may not have survived if his wife wasn't a midwife.
'Perhaps it was destiny that she was able to deliver her own child while in the
