19-yr-old delivers in shramik special

Balangir: A migrant woman delivered her first child early on Friday inside the Shramik Special Train while she was travelling from Nagampali in Telangana to Balangir. The new mother and child were immediately taken care of by a medical team at Titlagarh station and later shifted to the sub-divisional hospital.
Nineteen-year-old Meena Kumbhar, who delivered the baby boy, is from Thudibahal village in the district.She was accompanied by her husband, mother-in-law and 10 relatives during her journey.
“We were informed about the delivery of the baby and intimated the district administration. Our medical staff attended to the mother and newborn and provided primary treatment along with warm milk to them before they were shifted to the sub-divisional hospital,” said M S Kumawat, OIC, railway police force.
According to railway officials, the woman experienced labour pain last night and again when the train left Kesinga station, which is 20 km from Titlagarh. She was travelling on berth no. 34 in S14 coach and gave birth between the two stations.
The mother and newborn were taken to hospital by Janani ambulance from the station. The doctor removed the placenta from the mother and scissored the umbilical cord. They will be under medical observation for the next 48 hours.
“Both the mother and newborn are stable. They have been provided with the prescribed food and medicines. We have allowed only one attendant along with the patient to contain the possible corona infection,” said Dr Sujatarani Mishra, sub-divisional medical officer.
This is the third such delivery in a shramik special train under ECoR. Earlier, one Kunti Nag of Balangir delivered a baby boy and was admitted to Balangir hospital and another migrant woman Hema Kanti Biswakarma of Chhattisgarh gave birth to a baby girl and treated at Titlagarh hospital. General manager, ECoR, Vidya Bhusan gifted Rs 5,000 to Meena’s newborn and announced the same for the other two babies.