Interning doc helps woman deliver baby on train

Snehlata Shrivastav & Soumitra Bose

Nagpur TNN





A 24-year-old final year MBBS student helped a woman give birth to a baby boy on-board the Ahmedabad-Puri express with instructions from his seniors through WhatsApp.

 

Vipin Khadse, who is in his final month of MBBS training at the the Government Medical College and Hospital, performed a complicated delivery when 24 year-old Chitralekha went into labour on the train on Friday . Khadse told TOI that the train was about 30km from Nagpur when Chitralekha's relatives pulled the chain to halt the train near Wardha junction. “The ticket collector and guard were looking for a doctor in the train. Initially, I kept quiet presuming there could be some experienced doctor in the train.But, when they came for a second round of inquiry , I of fered to help,“ he said.

Chitralekha and her husband had boarded the train at Ahmedabad, where they work as labourers. They were heading to Raipur in Chhattisgarh in the general compartment. When Khadse went to attend her, she was bleeding profusely and was in great pain. In a show of humanity , passengers vacated the compartment, giving Khadse the space to supervise the delivery. The women passengers contributed pieces of clothing to cover the berths and floors, converting the compartment into a makeshift delivery room.

“The delivery was complicated because instead of the head, the shoulder of the baby could seen hanging out of the vagina. I uploaded a photo in a WhatsApp group of doctors for help. One senior resident Shikha Malik guided me on the phone to conduct the delivery ,“ Khadse said.