A 20-year-old pregnant woman walked for seven kilometres in search of a hospital and eventually delivered the baby on the road in Doddabommasandra last Tuesday after she was caught up in the lockdown.
The woman, a migrant labourer from Madhya Pradesh living in Doddabommasandra began having labour pain. Along with her husband, she sneaked out to find a hospital nearby. They did not get much help due to the language barrier.
They walked for seven kilometres without finding help, and the woman delivered the baby before Krupa Dental Clinic on the main road.
As per the media reports, the heavily bleeding mother cried in pain, prompting the clinic staff to inform their doctor, Dr Ramya Himanish who immediately controlled the mother’s bleeding and cleaned up the baby that was covered in mud. She removed the dust from the baby’s nose and mouth and also administered treatment to stabilise the baby’s breathing.
“I have been running the clinic for 18 years and never closed it, not even during the lockdown,” Dr Ramya said. “By the time I arrived, she had lost a lot of blood. I began treatment, assuming the baby was dead. Since the clinic was small, I found it difficult to treat her, but luckily, we saved both the lives.”
The mother and the baby were later admitted to KC General Hospital.
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