As the dawn broke on the 75th anniversary of the NHS, radio listeners up and down the UK heard the story of a baby born moments earlier at a Hampstead maternity unit.

BBC Radio 5's Dotun Adebayo was carrying out a live feed in the Royal Free Hospital in Pond Street in the early hours of July 5 when mum Ersida Dodgjini, who was in the maternity unit with her husband Latif Mici, gave birth to their son, Alois.

Dotun explained to listeners how his colleague Lucy Grey had gone up to the maternity ward and at that moment a baby boy was born.

He said in his feed: "Five Live's Lucy Grey is up in the maternity ward. I left you for just a moment Lucy and within that time it's 'camera, action, lights' again."

Lucy said: "A baby has just been born this second," then speaking to the parents, added: 'You seem so calm and cool you guys, I know you've been here before but you're so chilled out'."

She asked "How is the baby?" pointing out that earlier "he had a little cry".

"He's feeling good," says his mum. "He's a little bit hungry but he's ok".

Anaesthetist Michael Webb told the programme he had to deal with an emergency at another birth right after Alois was born.

He said: "It can happen at any time where these emergencies happen and we have to jump into action and at present, yeah, there's a baby being born by caesarian section," he said.

Dotun joked the baby should have been named after him.

"The father declined my offer to name the baby Dotun," he said.

Others who took part in Dotun's feed included Osman Kumara, who "keeps the NHS ticking" as a porter helping people to get to where they need to be in the hospital.

He said: "No matter how difficult it is as long as you get to your destination, where you are supposed to get your treatment, we are here to do the service we are required to do."  

Cancer patient Paul, who said he had been "in the Royal Free probably 100 times" in the last few years after finding a tumour in his pancreas, added: "I ended up spending three days in an induced coma and the ICU team were absolutely fabulous. Maybe Osman took me from the ward to a scan, possibly to the surgery and back again.

"I love the porters, they're so friendly and happy and as Osman says they know their way around. They're brilliant. They are a bit like black cabbies."