Helped by female staff, pregnant woman gives birth to baby in bus station in Karimnagar

Female supervisors and sweepers put up sarees around the woman and she had a normal delivery. She gave birth to a girl.

ByPTI

Published Jun 17, 2024 | 9:07 PM Updated Jun 17, 2024 | 9:07 PM

Newborn baby. Representational Image. (iStock)

The Telangana Road Transport Corporation (RTC) employees at the Karimnagar bus station facilitated the delivery of a woman who developed labour pains while waiting for a bus.

The 35-year-old woman, a labourer from Odisha, developed labour pains at the bus station when she was waiting for a bus on Sunday, 16 June, along with her husband.

After being informed by her husband, a place was arranged for her delivery in the bus station itself, Karimnagar bus depot manager Rajani Krishna told PTI on Monday, 17 June.

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Gave birth to a girl

Female supervisors and sweepers put up sarees around the woman and she had a normal delivery. She gave birth to a girl, he said.

Later, the mother and child were shifted to a government hospital in Karimnagar.

Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy appreciated the female RTC personnel of Karimnagar bus station for their timely help to the woman.

In a post on X, he wished that the women staffers should also earn a good name in discharging their duties.

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