Overview

• The husband of a pregnant passenger triggered an SOS through the Rail Madad app after labour pains aboard the Panvel-Gorakhpur Express on July 5, prompting North Central Railway’s Jhansi control room to mobilize medical assistance.
• Major Rohit Bachwala of the Army Medical Corps, waiting at Virangana Laxmibai Jhansi station, used a pocket knife, hair clips and a dhoti to help deliver the baby on the platform’s foot overbridge.
• Railway women staff secured the area to ensure privacy and safety, providing gloves and a dhoti to facilitate the delivery.
• An ambulance was arranged within minutes to transfer the mother and newborn to a nearby hospital, where both were reported healthy and stable.
• Indian Army and railway officials confirmed the successful emergency response, and social media users praised the swift civil-military cooperation and compassion.