Jhansi railway staff, medics help pregnant woman safely deliver baby on platform

The cry of a baby girl resonated around Uttar Pradesh's Jhansi Railway Station premises after a group of railway employees and medical staff performed a successful delivery of a woman who was travelling to Barabanki, the station officials said in a statement on Sunday.

The woman, who was nine-months pregnant, was travelling by train number 15066 Panvel-Gorakhpur Express. During the journey, she experienced labour pain. Subsequently, the Jhansi Railway Control was informed about the woman's condition by her fellow passengers through the Rail Madad app.

After being alerted, a team of female railway employees and medics attended to the woman as soon as the train reached the Veerangana Laxmibai Jhansi station.

The railway medical team, railway ticket checking staff PN Soni and female ticket examiners, Deputy Station Superintendent Commercial Mani Rai and an Army doctor were present at the station, who attended to the woman.

After some time, owing to the efforts of the railway medical team and the female ticket examining staff, the woman safely delivered a baby girl on the station platform without much hassle.

Following the delivery and first-aid treatment, the woman was shifted to the nearest hospital where both the woman and her daughter are said to be healthy.

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With inputs by Pramod Gautam