Woman gives birth in hospital after rescue during ‘Biparjoy’

A pregnant woman in a precarious situation was rescued and taken to a hospital in Mandvi on Friday, where she gave birth to a healthy baby amid torrential downpours and blustery winds brought on by Cyclone Biparjoy in coastal districts of Gujarat.

The woman was rescued on Friday and transported to the medical centre in a problematic situation, according to the hospital’s medical staff. The woman’s condition became more problematic when it took her two hours to get to the hospital, making the procedure necessary.

According to Dr. Dhruv, a gynaecologist at Civil Hospital in Mandvi, both mother and kid are safe following surgery.

Speaking to the sources, Dr Dhruv said, “We received a call about a pregnant woman who had a very complicated case. She was 30-35 km away, and it took more than three hours for her to reach the hospital. They had to come here because they were not able to get a hospital with an anaesthesia facility, and that’s why the case became complicated. The delivery could have been done only by operation, but we were able to do a normal delivery instead. Both the mother and child are safe now.”

Doctors said that in the wake of cyclone ‘Biaprjoy’ many such patients are reaching the hospital and 44-45 such cases have come up in the last two days.

“There are many cases coming in the last 2-3 days. The situation is tense due to the weather condition. We are trying to perform normal delivery in all cases because we don’t have any other option. Anaesthesia is not available in every hospital, so that’s why several patients are coming here. But, by the time they reach, the baby is almost on the cusp, and we have to perform normal delivery,” Dr Divya, another doctor at the hospital, said.