New Delhi: A woman delivered a baby boy inside IndiGo’s Delhi-Bengaluru flight on Wednesday, according to an official statement.
“We confirm that a baby boy was delivered prematurely on flight 6E 122 from Delhi to Bengaluru..” Indigo said.
Gynaecologist and fetal medicine specialist, Dr Sailaja V who had always performed deliveries in hospital OTs and labour rooms, had a change of location this time. And that too an unimaginable one – on a toilet seat, midair, onboard a flight.
Monica, the pregnant woman in her mid-30s, felt pain and complained to the cabin crew of Indigo 6E 122 flight Delhi-Bangalore. However, as the pain escalated, Monica became nervous and walked towards the restroom. That is when Dr Sailaja noticed that she was bleeding. She immediately alerted the cabin crew and rushed towards the restroom.
However, this incident has driven home a point, that all aircrafts should be equipped with basic maternity kit. “This is very crucial. The cabin crew should be given some basic training in handling such emergencies. Who knows what can come out in the midair,” Dr Sailaja signs off, looking into her phone flooded with congratulatory messages and calls.
Inputs from various sources