Pregnant woman trying to catch train home ends up in hospital

LUDHIANA: A three months pregnant migrant woman, who was returning to the native village at Mau District in Uttar Pradesh along with her seven-month-old daughter and husband, was rushed to the civil hospital after she suffered bleeding and labour pain at a migrant shelter in Guru Nanak Stadium.

Amresh Morya,the woman’s husband, said, “We had to catch a train at noon. So we reached a migrant tent on Tajpur Road around 7.30am. Due to the huge rush, my wife had to remain standing for nearly three hours. Due to exhaustion, my wife began bleeding when we reached Guru Nanak Stadium.”

She was rushed to the civil hospital.

“Though the bleeding has stopped, tomorrow, we will conduct ultrasound tests to ascertain whether the woman has suffered miscarriage,” said Dr Hatinder Kaur, senior medical officer, Mother and Child Hospital, Civil Hospital. HTC