UP: Railway bogey turned into a makeshift maternity ward
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Thanks to the swift thinking of a Government Railway Police (GRP) official, a railway bogey was turned into a makeshift maternity ward when a passenger developed labor pain on-board the Jan Nayak Express at the Cantt Station in Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh. Suman Devi (30) was on her way to Gorakhpur for her delivery with her husband last night when she developed labor pain.
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Woman was attended by a doctor and lady constable
As the train approached Sitapur, her condition worsened, a railway official said. Her husband Hariom informed SO GRP Sitapur, Suresh Yadav, who along with a doctor and lady constable, promptly attended to the situation. Yadav wasted no time in arranging for the delivery inside the bogey itself with the help of women passengers as Suman gave birth to a baby boy.
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The train was delayed for about an hour
In the meantime, an ambulance was arranged to take her and the child to the district hospital, Sitapur. The train was delayed for about an hour, Yadav said, adding that the mother-son duo was doing fine.