Twenty-four-year-old Rumi Pathori is ecstatic and feels on top of the world after giving birth to a baby boy, on a boat in the middle of a flooded Brahmaputra.
Rumi began getting her labour pain in the wee hours of July 15. After a number of calls for help she finally got a boat after four hours of wait.
She along with her husband Dulal Pathori travelled from Aphola village in Mohoramukh area to Bokakhat in Golaghat district of Assam.
The travel itself was a challenge given the complexity of a woman in labour pain travelling in a small uncovered boat on a raging river.
Shooting pain, continuous rainfall and minimal medical facilities made the delivery of a baby on a boat nothing less than a miracle.
It was raining heavily and I went into labour. We called for the doctors and nurses and an Asha nurse came. I finally gave birth in the boat. I am so happy. I have decided to name my child Krishna because he was born in the floods in the middle of the river, Rumi Pathori said.
Family members too feel that it has been a blessing in disguise and like the name Krishna.
Our village was flooded. We had to call a doctor after she went into labour at 2 am. When the local doctor came he said she had to be taken to a hospital immediately. After four hours we found an Asha nurse and a boat. So finally we took her on a boat and baby was born in the boat. We are so relieved. Everybody said he was born like lord Krishna in middle of water...so we have named him Krishna, Dulal Pathori, Rumi’s husband said.
Mother and baby have been shifted to Bokakhat civil hospital, the nearest and probably the best in the region.
The staff at the hospital is also rejoicing at the amazing birth in the midst of a natural disaster.
The biggest achievement is for the medical fraternity that we managed to give birth to a baby on a moving boat in the middle of a flooded Brahmaputra, said Ranjumani Devi, a ward incharge of Bokakhat civil hospital.
Floods in Assam have affected more than 26 lakh lives and left millions homeless. But it is these small wonders that reflect the power of nature's benevolence even in the midst of calamities.
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