Woman in West Bengal goes into labour on moving train, passengers and train staff help deliver ba | Trending

A woman went into labour while travelling on the Padatik Express running from Sealdah to New Alipurduar. The sudden onset of labour prompted swift action from both passengers and train staff. They quickly transformed the train’s general compartment into a makeshift delivery room, helping the woman safely deliver her ba. The train was about to reach Malda in West Bengal when the woman went into the labour. (Unsplash) According to a report India Today, the train was about to reach Malda in West Bengal when the woman named Babli Bibi went into the labour. Hindustan Times – your fastest source for breaking news! Read now. The train staff sent out an SOS. A medical team from the Drict Railway Hospital (DRH) in Malda promptly arrived to ass in the delivery, the outlet further reported. (Also Read: Pvt hospital nurses help woman deliver ba on road in Greater Noida) The team performed a successful cord division and placental delivery on the train and helped her deliver the ba girl. The mother and the ba girl were later shifted to a hospital for further care and observation. Earlier, in a similar incident, a medico helped a woman deliver a ba aboard a moving train in Andhra Pradesh’s Anakapalle drict. K Swathi Reddy, who had completed her MBBS, assed in delivering the ba aboard the Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam Duronto Superfast Express. “I was in a deep sleep when a person woke me up at around 4.30 am. He told me that his pregnant wife was suffering from labour pain and asked me whether I could extend any help. He didn’t know that I was a medico, as he was requesting other women too in the compartment to come to his wife’s rescue,” K Swathi Reddy told Hindustan Times. “I had no surgical instruments with me and not even gloves to perform the delivery. Luckily, I was carrying a bottle of Betadine surgical solution with which I could sterilise my hands. With whatever little experience I had gained during my studies, I ensured that Satyavathi delivered the ba girl without any hassle,” she said. (Also Read: Wisconsin woman delivers ba in McDonald’s parking lot, gives son THIS cutest name) However, Swathi Reddy was unable to cut or clamp the umbilical cord due to the lack of proper equipment and warm water. “There was not even warm water to clean the ba or keep the ba in a warm condition as it was an air-conditioned compartment. All that I could do was to wrap the ba in three or four warm clothes,” she said. The couple, Satyanarayana and Satyavathi from Ponnam village in Vizianagaram drict, were travelling from Hyderabad to their native place.