Woman heading to Mumbai hospital delivers baby in local train at Thane station

Zeba Ansari went into labour at night and was going to Rajawadi hospital in Ghatkopar from Titwala; 1 Rupee clinic staff helped deliver the baby

A 22-year-old woman, who was travelling from Titwala to get admitted to a hospital in Ghatkopar after she went into labour, delivered in a train at Thane railway station around 12.15am on Saturday, with help of the medical staff at the 1 Rupee clinic located on the station premises.

Zeba Ansari, 22, delivered a baby girl in a local train at Thane station on Saturday. (Praful Gangurde)

The mother, Zeba Ansari, and the infant girl were shifted to Thane Civil Hospital after delivery.

On Friday, Zeba, a resident of Titwala, returned home around 7pm from Rajawadi hospital after a check-up. “But later in the night, Zeba started getting labour pains, so we decided to go to Rajawadi. We boarded a 11.14pm Thane local from Titwala, along with my mother,” said Muhammad Ansari, 30, her husband, who is a tailor by profession.

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“By the time the train pulled into Thane, Zeba was getting severe contractions, so I rushed to the railway police, and they immediately called the doctor at the 1 Rupee clinic. The doctor and the nurse came to the compartment and helped my wife deliver,” Ansari said.