Western Railway RPF helps deliver two babies in moving train

RPF officials help the passenger. Pic/WR

The Western Railway's (WR) Railway Protection Force (RPF) on October 29 helped two women deliver their babies in two different trains.

According to a press release issued by Sumit Thakur, CPRO of WR, the train escorting team of Nadiad comprising of ASI Sandeep Repe, HC Ravikiran Sharma, CT Jaynarayan Mina and CT Natwar Bhai aboard Mysore - Ajmer Express, got information at around 5.20 am, from passenger- Mohan Lal that his wife traveling along with him was experiencing sudden labour pain. The said lady passenger delivered a baby girl in the running train between Vatva and Ahmedabad stations, with the help of an elderly passenger in the same coach.

It said, the train escorting party informed the Security Control Room at Ahmedabad to alert a female RPF personnel and ambulance for further treatment at Ahmedabad station. After reaching the station, the mother and child were attended by a railway doctor and sent to the hospital, along with her husband for further treatment.

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It further said, in an another case on October 29, a 29-year-old lady passenger traveling from Mathura to Vadodara, Hazrat Nizamuddin-Thiruvananthapuram Central Express, suddenly experienced labour pain in the running train.

Upon receiving the information, although the train did not have a scheduled halt at Godhra station, it was stopped after informing the Operating Control and IPF Godhra. After reaching the station, the lady passenger delivered a baby boy and were sent to Godhra Civil Hospital for further treatment. The husband of the lady was informed who later thanked the RPF for their assistance and care, the press release said.