Overview
- Cinematographer Vikas Bedre (also reported as Bendre) pulled the emergency chain as a local reached Ram Mandir station around 1 a.m. and assisted a woman in active labour on the platform.
- Dr. Devika Deshmukh directed the delivery over a video call, with passengers improvising supplies by sterilising a blade or scissors and using available cloths to secure the newborn.
- A Western Railway official said the station master reached by 1:05 a.m., and a 108 ambulance took the mother and newborn to Cooper Hospital by about 1:20 a.m.
- Officials and multiple reports said the mother and baby were stable at Cooper Hospital following the delivery; the woman’s family had earlier been turned away by a nearby hospital, according to eyewitness accounts.
- The episode drew widespread praise, including from MLA Rohit Pawar, and renewed scrutiny of station preparedness, with RTI data citing few functional Emergency Medical Rooms and limited ambulance availability across the suburban network.