RAJ KUMAR
Ranchi, June 8: A pregnant passenger delivered a baby at Hatia railway station with the support of a woman Railway Protection Force constable. The result was the outcome of ‘Operation Matrishakti.’
On June 7, RPF Hatia received information that a pregnant lone woman with a one-year-old child was travelling in coach number D6 of train number 13426 (Surat-Malda Express) just before the train arrived at Hatia station and her contractions were becoming very intense.
RPF Hatia’s SI Suraj Rajbansi, ASI PK Singh, constable DN. Yadav and female employees Sarika Singh and Nidhi Kumari with the Railway Doctors’ team, rushed to the aforementioned coach where the woman gave birth to a healthy kid under the observation of the Railway Doctor, Meri Saheli Team, and RPF Hatia.
After further observation, the lady doctor concluded that both the mother and the infant are in good health. She advised the female passenger not to continue her journey, so she got off the train with her newborn baby. The passenger and her other child were sent to the railway hospital by ambulance.
When asked, the female passenger identified herself as Sunita Rajak (30) wife of Umesh Rajak, a resident of Panagarh in the Burdwan district of West Bengal. She provided the phone number for his brother, Ravi Shankar, which was called by an RPF/Post/Hatia official who told him of the incident.
