What began as an overnight train journey turned into an emergency delivery room when a staff nurse from Bombay Hospital safely delivered a baby girl aboard the Nagpur-Mumbai Duronto Express after a pregnant passenger went into labour in the early hours of June 3. Staff nurse Minu Bhaisare, travelling in Coach S5, sprang into action around 2 am after fellow passenger Anjum Waseem Akhtar, who was nine months pregnant, began experiencing labour pains shortly after the train left Bhusawal Junction.

Labour begins

Nurse Minu (in green) with the passenger who helped deliver the baby