Fire crew helps pregnant woman stuck in floods deliver

A fire and medical crew rushed to Chamundia village where a pregnant woman was trapped by flooding. Later the emergency team moved the woman and her newborn baby to a safe area in Nayagarh.

Nayagarh (Odisha): Amid the floods in Orissa, emergency services rushed to aid a pregnant woman and helped her deliver her baby in Chamundia village.

The Nayagarh fire and medical crew then rescued the mother and baby and moved them to a hospital.

According to officials, the Block Development Officer (BDO) Gania Block informed the fire services about a pregnant woman stuck in the flood-affected village following which the operation to rescue them began.

"Our rescue team, along with some medical staff, reached the village by boat. The rescue team then reached the woman, where the medical staff helped her during her delivery. Following this, the woman and the newborn were shifted to a medical facility by the team," said Thakur prasad Dalai, Assistant Fire Officer Nayagarh.

(ANI REPORT)