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A baby delivered inside the lavatory of an Indian train slipped through the toilet bowl to fall on the rail tracks but survived.
A
report from New Delhi on Tuesday, said a pregnant woman traveling with
her family in the north-western state of Rajasthan had labour pains on
the train, according to News Agency of Nigeria
The 22-year-old woman went to the toilet and delivered a baby boy, after which she became unconscious.
According
to reports, the train was stationary at the time of the delivery but
had moved to Hanumangarh town some 13 kilometres away by the time her
relatives found her lying unconscious and summoned help.
The baby was on the tracks for hours,but was spotted by the guard of a nearby warehouse who heard the cry.
He was rescued and taken to the hospital where he was reunited with his mother.