Bahraich, 22 October
A nurse was felicitated by the District Magistrate (DM) here after helping her deliver a baby on a boat when a woman suffered labor on her way to the clinic.
ANM (Auxiliary Nurse Midwife) Satyavati was given cash award and citation by DM Dinesh Chandra Singh.
Bahraich is facing a flood-like situation due to excessive rains and rivers are in spate in and around Nepal. It was when she was going in such a flowing river that she gave birth to the child.
The DM presented the award to Satyavati on Thursday at the Sujauli Primary Health Center (PHC), about 100 km from the DM headquarters on the Nepal border, where he had come to take stock of the situation.
He said that in his presence ANM Satyavati arrived with a woman and her newborn baby girl.
He told that it has been learned that due to flood in Naukapurwa village of Sujauli police station area, a pregnant woman was being brought by boat to Sujauli PHC for delivery, as the roads were flooded.
The DM said the ANM made necessary arrangements to help the woman deliver the child and put up temporary curtains on the boat.
After delivery, the ANM brought the woman and the newborn girl to the PHC for treatment.
The DM said that the woman and the newborn girl have also been given cash as a gift. PTI