Woman delivers baby in ambulance at East Godavari District

Gollaprolu: A 22-year-old woman has delivered a baby in a 108 ambulance van at Gollaprolu in East Godavari District on Monday.

When Nagam Amaravathi (22), a resident of Mallavaram village in Gollaprolu mandal in the district had developed labour pains in the early hours, the family members have called the 108 ambulance service to take her to the hospital.

As the 108 ambulance was taking her to the hospital, on the way when the van reached near the Sri Rama Vidya Niketan on Gollaprolu highway she delivery baby boy.

Though her condition was critical, the 108 staff has assisted the woman in getting the normal delivery of the baby in the ambulance itself.

After the first Aid, the mother and the newborn were joined at Pithapuram government hospital, where the doctors said their condition was normal.