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Nurse Delivers Baby on Train with Knife and Thread
A woman named Anjum Bano Wasim Akhtar was traveling on a train called the Duronto Express.
She was very sick and needed to have her baby right away.
There were no doctors on the train, and the next stop was too far away.
A kind nurse named Minu Bhaisare helped her.
She used a knife and some thread to safely bring the baby into the world.
The baby was born on the moving train, and everyone was very happy and thankful for the nurse's help.
Anjum Bano Wasim Akhtar, 36, was in labor while traveling on the Duronto Express from Nagpur to Mumbai.
Passengers repeatedly called the Railway helpline 139, but help was not immediately available.
Minu Bhaisare, a staff nurse, delivered the baby using a knife and thread inside the moving train.
The baby's head was crowning, and there was no time to wait for medical help.
The delivery took place near Bhusawal in Maharashtra’s Jalgaon district at 2 am on June 24.
- Who
- Minu Bhaisare, a staff nurse, delivered the baby.
- What
- A baby was delivered on a moving train using a knife and thread.
- Where
- The incident took place on the Duronto Express near Bhusawal, Maharashtra.
- When
- The incident occurred at 2 am on June 24.
- Why
- The mother, Anjum Bano Wasim Akhtar, was in labor and medical help was not immediately available.
Key facts
- Name of the Nurse
- Minu Bhaisare
- Name of the Mother
- Anjum Bano Wasim Akhtar
- Age of the Mother
- 36
- Train Name
- Duronto Express
- Location of Incident
- Bhusawal, Maharashtra
- Time of Incident
- 2 am on June 24
- Tools Used for Delivery
- Knife and Thread
Quotes
Minu Bhaisare
A 27-year-old staff nurse at Bombay Hospital & Medical Research Centre
“"She informed the passengers around her only after the pain became unbearable. When I reached her, the amniotic sac had already ruptured and the baby’s head was crowning. There was no possibility of waiting another 15-20 minutes for medical help."”
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