Nurse Naina Nandakumar Huddar (left) with neighbour Meena Kale who helped her assist in Pooja Mishra's delivery. Pic/Ashish Raje
Huddar, who served 34 fours as a BMC nurse, encouraged Mishra to hold the baby close to her stomach, drag herself towards the door and unlatch it. Mishra also had her two-year-old son with her. "I saw that the baby had completely come out," Huddar told mid-day, "I went back to my house, which is on the same floor, got gloves, spirit and a pair of scissors. I used these to first cut the umbilical cord and then cleaned the placenta off the baby boy, gave him a bath and handed him to Mishra's brother."
Mishra and her baby were taken to KEM Hospital for post-delivery care. "Both, the child and the mother, were healthy," Huddar said, adding that although there was a lot of bleeding, there was no need for stitches since it was a normal delivery. "Being retired doesn't mean that I will stop helping people. If someone calls me and needs my help, I will always go to their aid."
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