Bengaluru: Woman walks for 7km, delivers at dental clinic

Kiran Parashar | TNN | Updated: Apr 20, 2020, 08:01 IST

According to Dr Ramya N, a dentist, the woman, aged about 10 to 20 years, walked into her clinic on Vidyaranyapura main road with her husband around 9am

According to Dr Ramya N, a dentist, the woman, aged about 10 to 20 years, walked into her clinic on Vidyaranya...Read More

BENGALURU: A pregnant woman who walked for 7km in search of a hospital delivered a baby boy at a dental clinic in Bengaluru on April 14.
According to Dr Ramya N, a dentist, the woman, aged about 20 years, walked into her clinic on Vidyaranyapura main road with her husband around 9am on April 14. The doctor was not at the clinic; her assistant was present. “Since she was exhausted after walking for hours, she delivered a premature baby within 5-10 minutes of reaching my clinic,” the doctor said.
She said, “Soon after the delivery, the woman became unconscious. The father thought the child had died and wrapped it in paper for about 20 minutes. By then, I and my husband Dr Himanish, a physician, arrived at the clinic. We found the baby alive. We began treating the baby as well as the mother. After they recovered, they were shifted to KC General Hospital in Malleswaram. We were told they were keeping well in hospital.”
The doctor said the woman and her husband did not reveal their identities, but appeared to be migrant labourers from Bihar or Odisha and living in Bengaluru.