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RPF constable helps deliver second baby at Thane railway station

Updated on: 22 June,2017 10:04 AM IST  |  Thane
Faisal Tandel | mailbag@mid-day.com

Shobha Mote is a constable attached to the Railway Protection Force. Little did she know that she was about to help deliver a child at the Thane railway station — her second such experience

RPF constable helps deliver second baby at Thane railway station


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Shobha Mote is a constable attached to the Railway Protection Force. Little did she know that she was about to help deliver a child at the station — her second such experience.


Mote was manning the scanning machine at Thane station. Mote heard a woman wince in pain on the platform.


As she approached the woman, she realised that the woman was going in labour. Mote immediately arranged for a first aid kit and a blanket to help the woman.

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The woman, 24-year-old Meenakshi Sandesh Jadhav, is a resident of Badlapur. Her husband Sandesh, who is a driver, said that they registered her name with Ghatkopar-based Rajawadi hospital. Meenakshi was not due to deliver for another 25 days.

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"As my sister stays in Ghatkopar we planned to shift to her residence. But last evening Meenakshi went in labour, so I asked my mother to get her to Thane from were I would drive her to the hospital. take them in my car," added Sandesh 29, who claims that incidentally his first child was born in an auto-rickshaw.

Mote, had earlier helped deliver a baby at CST when she was posted there. Post the delivery Meenakshi was shifted to Thane Civil hospital and her condition is stable.

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