Gadwal woman delivers baby girl in RTC bus while going to tie rakhi
Hyderabad: Conductor G. Bharti of Gadwal TGSRTC depot helped Sandhya, a pregnant woman from Gadwal, to deliver a baby in the Pelle Velugu bus they were travelling on Monday.
Sandhya was on her way to Wanaparthy to tie rakhi to her brothers on the occasion of Raksha bandhan.
As soon as the bus reached Nachanahalli, the pregnant woman suffered labour pains. Bharati, who was immediately alerted, stopped the bus. She and a nurse, who was also traveling in the bus, helped Sandhya to deliver a girl. Later, the mother and child were taken to a local hospital, the TGSRTC management said in a release adding that the two were safe and healthy.
Meanwhile, transport minister Ponnam Prabakhar and the RTC management appreciated the efforts of the conductor for her promptness. She demonstrated that spirit of service was a social responsibility, they said.
In an earlier instance on June 19, a pregnant woman was waiting at Karimnagar depot for a bus to Bhadrachalam, when she developed severe labour pains. The RTC staff helped her deliver in the depot. On July 5, one pregnant woman, Swetha Ratnam boarded a bus at Aramghar in the city. When the bus reached Bhadurpura, she complained of labour pains. The conductor stopped the bus and along with the other women passengers, she delivered a healthy child.
