Woman Delivers Baby At Station, Clinic Staff Praised By Railway Minister

A 20-year-old woman travelling to Mumbai via Konkan Kanya Express gave birth to a baby boy at a clinic in Thane railway station on Saturday. The woman identified as Pooja Chauha started experiencing labour pain on a train ride early this morning.

All thanks to a two-year old court order, that helped the woman at the right time. According to NDTV reports, the woman went into active labour, a few stops before her destination in Mumbai. As soon as the train stopped at the Thane railway station, railway officials informed the station manager and she was taken on a stretcher to a 'One Rupee Clinic' where the staff helped her deliver a baby boy.

Confirming about the health of child and mother, news agency ANI said, both the mother and infant are doing fine confirmed doctors at the one-rupee clinic. In just one month time, the Thane railway station in Maharashtra has witnessed two successful childbirths.

'One Rupee Clinics' were set up at different railway stations in Maharashtra in 2017 to help commuters in case of medical emergencies. Meanwhile, Union Minister for Railways Piyush Goyal took to social media and shared a report of the incident on Twitter saying: "Thane ke Chowkidars are always ready to serve the nation."