Mumbai local miracle at Ram Mandir station

It is said that not all heroes wear capes In Mumbai a mans act of kindness has touched hearts across the country after he supported a woman in labour and helped deliver her baby on the platformThe woman gave birth on a train near Ram Mandir station at around 1 am during the night of 14ndash15 October and her babys delivery was made possible thanks to the courageous efforts of a fellow passenger who followed instructions from a doctor over a video call The heartwarming episode has gone viral drawing praise from across the city and beyondAccording to officials from Western Railway the woman had earlier visited a hospital that night as her due date was imminent However she was reportedly turned away by hospital staff because of the late hour With no ambulance or taxi arranged for her return journey she boarded a local train in an attempt to return home Midway through the journey she went into labour and her water broke on the trainAn eyewitness to the incident Manjeet Dhillon a native of Haryana who moved to Mumbai seven years ago shared the emotional account with middaycom stating ldquoAs usual I was commuting by train The woman was already in labour and the baby had partially emerged It was a terrifying moment People around her were panicking but one man Vikas Sarge rose to the occasion with extraordinary couragerdquoDhillon recounted how Vikas another commuter on the train helped deliver the baby with the support of railway staff and other passengers ldquoEveryone chipped inmdashthe RPF other passengers We tried calling multiple doctors and ambulances but given the time no one could reach the spot quicklyrdquo he saidOne police officerrsquos female friend a doctor could not physically reach the location either but offered to guide the birthing process through a video call Following her stepbystep instructions Vikas successfully delivered the baby on the platformldquoThe mother was in immense pain The atmosphere was tense But Vikas remained calm followed the instructions precisely and delivered the baby right thererdquo said DhillonWhat shocked many involved was the slow emergency response ldquoWe were furious If Swiggy and Blinkit can deliver food in ten minutes why did we have to wait one to two hours for an ambulance Still we kept the mother motivated She was accompanied by two women and two children Her condition was deteriorating We knew we had to actrdquo Dhillon addedAn additional challenge arose when it became clear that no scissors were available to cut the umbilical cord Eventually someone found a pair which the group sterilised using heat before carefully cutting the cordDhillon also recorded the entire event and the video has since gone viral on social media In the clip Vikas can be heard saying ldquoThis is the first time Irsquove ever done something like this I was very scared but a madam helped me over a video callrdquoView this post on InstagramA post shared by Manjeet Dhillon manjeet9862_Speaking to middaycom a senior Western Railway Public Relations Officer confirmed the details ldquoAt 1250 AM the station master at Goregaon received an emergency call about the situation at Ram Mandir station By 105 AM he reached the location By then the baby had already been delivered The mother and newborn were transported to Cooper Hospital by 120 am in a 108 ambulancerdquo the official statedThe Western Railway official added that they would now work to establish better protocols for handling such emergencies in futureThe incident has reminded many of a wellknown scene from the film 3 Idiots in which a baby is delivered on a college campus with assistance via video call drawing a clear parallel to the swift thinking and collective action witnessed in this reallife event