KOCHI: A 37-year-old woman passenger gave birth to a girl child on a KSRTC bus in Thrissur. Serina, wife of Lijesh in Manro house in Thirunavaaya, was travelling on a bus from Angamaly to Thottilpalam on Wednesday. She experienced labour pain once the bus reached Peramangalam Police station and he was immediately taken to Amala Hospital, Thrissur.
"As the KSRTC staff realised that the lady was experiencing pain, she was brought to the hospital. The bus reached her by 12.30 in the afternoon. The delivery was almost completed. The doctors and nurses helped to take the child out," said the spokesperson of Amala Hospital. She was in the ninth month of her pregnancy and was going to the hospital.
Serina is the mother of five children, and the condition of the mother and child is stable. "Once we received information about the incident, we visited the spot. The condition of both the mother and child is satisfactory. We shifted the child to the NICU (Neo-Natal Intensive Care Unit). Serina is under observation. The condition of both the mother and child is stable," said an official with the Peramangalam Police Station. Her husband, Lijesh also arrived at the location.