Woman gives birth to triplets on train in Odisha

Bhadrak: A pregnant woman today delivered triplets on board an express train at Jajpur-Keonjhar Road Railway Station in Odisha.

While the woman patient is stated to be in good condition, her two babies died and one baby survived.

According to reports, the woman passenger namely Munzila Khatun (29) from Assam was travelling by the train (12509 Bangalore-Guwahati Express) from Bengaluru to her hometown Guwahati. In the morning, she complained of labour pain at Jajpur-Keonjhar Road Railway Station following which she gave birth to premature triplets.

“The patient got down at Bhadrak Railway Station and attended by Railway doctors, Bhadrak Additional Chief Medical Superintendent along with nursing and paramedical staff at 5.50 am. Out of three, one baby was living. After umbilical cord cutting and dressing, mother and living baby were shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital Bhadrak by 108 Ambulance. The mother condition was stable at the time of shifting,” the East Coast Railway (ECoR) said in a statement today.

However, it was a painful moment for the woman as she lost two babies.