Woman gives birth on bustling Kolkata pavement with help from police, NGO
India Today
The woman and her child are being treated at a state-run hospital in the city now.
As Kolkata gathered for pre-Durga festivities in Dharmatala — the heart of the city — 35-year-old Rani lay on a pavement, writhing in labour pain. Even as hundreds walked by, no one stopped to help her.
Unaccompanied by anyone and unable to bear the pain, she soon slumped on the pavement. Some local traders came forward to help her and called a traffic sergeant from the nearest crossing.
The on-duty Kolkata Traffic Police officers rushed to the spot to find Rani lying in a pool of blood. The officers quickly arranged a special police ambulance. Soon, members of Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity reached the area and helped Rani give birth to her daughter on the pavement.
The police ambulance then took Rani and her newborn to the state-run Nilratan Sarkar Medical College and Hospital, where they are being treated.
Rani would not have survived had she not gotten help from the police officers at the spot, eyewitnesses told India Today TV.
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