Birth on the sidewalk: CTG police rescue homeless woman and her newborn
On the sidewalks of a street in Chattogram early this morning, a pregnant woman was groaning because of labour pain.
Finding no assistance, she gave birth to her baby at 7:30am on the sidewalk at Army Embarkation area under Bandar Police Station.
According to locals, the woman is homeless and suffers from mental illness, reports our Chattogram correspondent.
Aman Ullah, assistant sub-inspector of the station, saw the mother and her newborn on the sidewalk when he was approaching the station after finishing his shift.
"I noticed the matter as I was going towards Bandar Police Station after my duty ended for the day," Aman Ullah told the Daily Star.
"As I went near the woman, I noticed that the umbilical cord was still attached to the baby. I wasted no time and immediately took them to a nearby hospital," said Aman.
When the police brought the mother and baby to the hospital, they were admitted to the gynecology department, said Mosharraf Hossain, deputy director (Administration) of Agrabad Ma O Shishu Hospital.
"All the arrangements have been made for their treatment at the hospital's expense and both are healthy," said Mosharraf.
"The child's future will be decided by the court," said the ASI.
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