Even as heavy rains and gusty winds wreaked havoc on Wednesday, a pregnant woman delivered a baby in a Fire Services vehicle while she was being shifted to hospital in Mahakalpada area of Kendrapara district.
One Janaki Sethi (20), a resident of Janhara village under the Mahakalpada police station of the district developed severe labour pain in the morning.
Her husband Hatim Sethi (25) tried to contact the ambulance to take Janaki to the hospital. However, the emergency vehicle could not come to shift here due to extreme adverse weather conditions and the road to the village being blocked by uprooted trees. However, when the Fire Services team got information they immediately rushed to the village by clearing the road by cutting more than 20 uprooted trees.
Janaki delivered a baby girl in the vehicle of the fire services while she was being taken to the Mahakalpada Community Health Centre (CHC).
After providing primary healthcare services to both mother and newborn, the Fire Services personnel took them to the hospital for further treatment. Reports said both the mother and the baby are in stable condition.