Woman gives birth on platform at Kanpur Central Station

KANPUR: The faces of several people, including migrant workers and corona warriors, at Kanpur Central Station lit up with smile even in time of crisis when a migrant woman gave birth to a girl child on the railway platform on Saturday evening.
The woman thanked the doctor while the migrants applauded Dr Kavita Yadav by clapping. The mother went on to announce that she would name her daughter as Kavita.
Dr Kavita Yadav, a doctor posted at the community health centre in Patara, was deputed with a health team at Kanpur Central Station for screening migrant labourers coming via Shramik Special train.The train from Ahmedabad, headed to Gonda, had arrived at platform no 6.
Among the migrants was Phool Kumari, wife of Moti Lal, travelling in an advanced stage of pregnancy. Soon after deboarding, Phool Kumari developed labour pains following which the migrants informed railway officials. Bali Ram CIT and commercial inspector Vijay Sharma reached the spot and sent an SOS to Dr Kavita who was busy screening the labourers who had just deboarded.
When Dr Kavita rushed to the spot, she found Phool Kumari in labour. The doctor assessed the situation and realised it was too late to take her to a hospital.
She asked the paramedical staff with her to raise curtains on platform for delivery. The paramedical staff raised bed sheets as curtains to make a makeshift labour room on the railway platform. Dr Kavita conducted a safe delivery of a girl child.
As soon as Phool Kumari regained sense, she thanked Dr Kavita and said she would name the little girl as Kavita.
The crowd clapped and thanked the doctor and her team.
Dr Kavita said it was a proud and memorable moment for her as well as for her team. The railway authorities later rushed the mother and the newborn to Dufferin hospital for post delivery care.