Strangers on train unite to help woman deliver baby

IN a remarkable display of unity and compassion, a group of passengers including a Shaivite pilgrim and a doctor helped a 25-year-old pregnant woman give birth to a baby on board a delayed Chennai-Coimbatore train.

- SNEHA SIVASHANMUGAM @ Salem

Seethalakshmi and Dr N Kumaresan helped Razia Banu deliver the child at Bommidi railway station

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Razia Banu and her husband Sulaiman Khan (35), an IT professional based in Bengaluru, were headed to Tiruppur for Razia's delivery. Razia, who hails from Uthangarai near Krishnagiri, had been taken to her parents' home for childbirth. Since her parents worked near Tiruppur and believed the medical facilities there were better, the couple decided to head to Tiruppur.