JHARKHAND: Sometimes, saving a life doesn’t require an operation theatre -- just courage, compassion, and a little teamwork. That’s exactly what happened in the dead of night on a rain-lashed highway in Jharkhand’s Koderma, when a passenger bus turned into an emergency maternity ward.
It was around midnight when panic struck aboard the ‘Shri Sai’ passenger bus. Radha Devi, 20, a resident of Vaishali in Bihar, suddenly went into labour. She was en route to Ranchi with her husband, Suraj Ram, her mother, Meena Devi, and her sister, well ahead of her due date of August 2.
As the bus rolled through Koderma, the skies opened up in a relentless downpour. Hospitals were nowhere in sight, and the rain-soaked roads made it impossible to move the expectant mother to safety.
Inside the sleeper coach, Radha’s condition was worsening, sending waves of anxiety through her family.