On December 2, a woman identified as Reena Kumari was travelling on the Uttar Pradesh bound Avadh-Assam Express when she underwent labour and gave birth.
The woman, identified as Reena Kumari from Guwahati, was pregnant when she boarded the train. At midnight on Thursday while travelling she experienced sudden pain, underwent labour and gave birth while on the train.
Baby delivered in healthy state
The Uttar Pradesh bound train travels from Dibrugarh to Rajasthan. The baby and the mother were attended by Dr Muzammil Hussain, a physician at the New Bongaigaon railway station.
As per reports both the mother and child were healthy and properly attended to. Incidents mirroring this have occurred earlier too. Last month, on November 11, a resident of Bihar, Bhagalpur gave birth to a baby boy inside a toilet of the Shramjeevi Express with the help of fellow female passengers.
About Shramik Special
In order to take special care of this, the government during the lockdown introduced the ‘Shramik Special’ (SS) trains to assist migrant workers, students and others who were stranded during the sudden lockdown.
Pregnant women were assisted during births with proper medical care and attention. The East Coast Railway during this time brought out the plan to sponsor gifts or cash to the children born on board the ‘Shramik Special’ train.
