Woman Delivers Baby In Local Train With The Help Of Passengers

For a woman travelling to a hospital in the early hours of Friday, December 2, the stories of camaraderie in local trains proved to be true after she delivered her baby on the train with the help of fellow passengers.

33-year-old Priya Wakchoure was on her way to the hospital for her delivery when her water broke in the train. When it seemed like the baby was about to come out, fellow women commuters in the compartment jumped in and assisted her in the delivery.

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Woman Gives Birth On Train

On Friday, Atgaon resident Priya Wakchoure started having labour pains at around 4:30 am and she decided to visit the Kalyan hospital with her mother. The duo boarded a local train to reach the hospital as her delivery was scheduled there.

However, what happened next was unexpected and overwhelming for Wakchoure and fellow commuters on the train.

Wakchoure's water broke when the train was over the Ulhas river right before the Titwala station. To Wakchoure's surprise, her baby was partially out and it seemed like she would have to deliver right at that moment.

The women in the compartment came to her rescue and started doing everything in their power to help her deliver the baby safely and comfortably.

When the local train reached the Titwala station two minutes later, a woman from the first-class compartment, where the incident occurred, ran towards the Railway Protection Force chamber (RPF) to alert them.

Assistant senior inspector Dinesh Kumar and the head constable Ram Panchpande went to the compartment and alerted the motorman to keep the train at a halt until the Wakchoure and her baby were safely taken to the platform.

To their luck, there was also a nurse on board in one of the compartments who jumped in to help. Another nurse who was summoned to come and assist at the station cut the umbilical cord and stayed with the woman until both the mother and baby were carried out to a hospital, which was 300 metres away, on a stretcher as there was no ambulance available at that particular moment.

Wakchoure's brother narrated the entire incident to the media stating that since his sister's spouse was out of town and there was no vehicle available, she opted to travel by train to reach faster. He thanked everyone who helped his sister at her most challenging time and expressed his gratitude to the police officers who helped them till the end.