Woman In Labour

Watch: Houston Neighbours Form Human Chain To Help Woman In Labour

Offbeat | Sanya Jain | Friday September 1, 2017

How residents of an apartment complex in Texas helped a pregnant woman reach the hospital.

She Delivered Another Woman's Baby Before Her Own. Internet Hails #DrMom

Offbeat | Sanya Jain | Tuesday August 1, 2017

A Kentucky-based doctor, in hospital to give birth, paused her own delivery to help a patient in labour after realising the baby was in distress.

Doctor, About To Go Into Labour, Pauses To Deliver Another Woman's Baby

World News | Derek Hawkins, The Washington Post | Monday July 31, 2017

Amanda Hess, an obstetrician-gynecologist from Frankfort, checked into the Frankfort Regional Medical Center as a patient last week, donned a hospital gown and was moments away from induced labor when she heard a woman in another room wailing in pain, NBC News reported Saturday.

Woman Delivers Outside Jaipur Hospital As Doctors Allegedly Turn Her Away

Jaipur News | Written by Harsha Kumari Singh | Saturday July 29, 2017

A woman delivered a baby right outside a government-run multi-specialty hospital in Jaipur on Friday night. Ashoka Bai, who works as a construction labour, alleges she had to deliver on the road as the doctors failed to attend to her on time.

Woman Gives Birth To Baby Girl In Delhi Police Van

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday July 15, 2017

A Delhi Police Control Room (PCR) van came to the aid of a 22-year-old woman who was in acute labour pain.

Preemies Experience Difficulty In Breathing, Digesting Food, Shows Study

Reuters | Tuesday November 8, 2016

Children born in deliveries planned just a week before the end of a typical pregnancy may be more likely to experience health, learning and behaviour issues by the time they’re ready for school than kids born at full term, a study suggests. Plenty of previous research has found premature infants often have difficulty breathing and digesting food....

How Rescue Team Helped A Woman Deliver Twins In Boat In Flood-Hit Bihar

India News | Written by Manish Kumar (with inputs from PTI) | Monday August 29, 2016

The family of Rekha Devi, 25, had sent a message to the National Disaster Response Force or NDRF, asking that she be shifted immediately to the nearest Primary Health Centre at Mohanpur. But the woman, who had already gone into labour, gave birth to the twins on board.

'Victim Of Corrupt Politics,' Says Karnataka Woman Cop Who Quit On Facebook

Karnataka News | Press Trust of India | Friday July 1, 2016

Former Deputy Superintendent of Police Anupama Shenoy, who had resigned from her post earlier this month over alleged interference in her work by a minister, claimed on Thursday that she was a victim of both the system, and corrupt politics.

Japan's Porn Industry Apologises After Woman Complains Of Coercion

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday June 23, 2016

Japan's multi-billion-dollar pornographic industry has issued a formal apology and promised change in response to allegations that women have been forced to perform sex acts on film against their will.

British Pakistani MP Resigns After Row Over Anti-Jewish Facebook Post

World News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday April 27, 2016

A Pakistani-origin woman Labour MP on Tuesday resigned from the shadow cabinet in the UK over an anti-Jewish Facebook post that called for relocation of Israel to the US to resolve the Israel-Palestine conflict.

It's A Boy! Hyderabad Police Delivers A Baby In Heart Of City

India News | Written by Uma Sudhir | Tuesday April 19, 2016

At about noon, a police inspector heading a station in the heart of Hyderabad got a distress call. A woman appeared to be in labour opposite a popular cinema, Shanti Theatre.

UK Labour Councillor Suspended Over Hitler Tweet

World News | Press Trust of India | Sunday April 10, 2016

A 20-year-old woman Labour councillor in the UK has been suspended from the party over anti-Semitic comments on her Twitter account.

Indian-Origin Woman Gives Birth to Baby On A Highway In UK

Indians Abroad | Press Trust of India | Saturday December 19, 2015

An Indian-origin woman has given birth to a baby boy on a highway in the UK after going into labour in front seat of a car while on her way to a hospital.

Passengers Sat and Watched as Woman Delivered Baby in Mumbai Local

Mumbai News | mid-day.com | Wednesday October 14, 2015

When Ramlal Pal and his nine-months pregnant wife Sudevi boarded a train from Kalyan to head to KEM Hospital, little did they know that their first child would be born in the same train. Sudevi was writhing in pain as she went into labour while the train was in motion.

Doctor Beaten Up in West Bengal's Malda After Newborn Dies

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday July 13, 2015

A government doctor on sunday was severely beaten up by angry locals at Manikchak in West Bengal's Malda district for referring a woman in labour to another hospital leading to the death of the new born.

Scientist Sworn in as Mauritius' First Woman President

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday June 5, 2015

Prominent scientist Ameenah Gurib-Fakim was sworn as president of Mauritius today, becoming the first women to hold the ceremonial position in the Indian Ocean island nation.

Hong Kong Woman Found Guilty of Abusing Indonesian Domestic Help

World News | Reuters | Tuesday February 10, 2015

A Hong Kong mother of two was found guilty on today of abusing her Indonesian domestic helper in a landmark case that triggered outrage over mistreatment of domestic helps and shed light on abuse that many women face in overseas jobs.

Baby Killer Bribe: a Thousand Rupees Led to Newborn's Death

Bhopal News | Reported by Siddharth Ranjan Das; Edited by Amit Chaturvedi | Tuesday January 20, 2015

A young woman named Roobina was forced to deliver her baby on a pavement today in Bhopal because she was not able to pay the Rs 1,000 bribe allegedly demanded at a government hospital. The baby boy died minutes after being born at 10 am.

Boko Haram 'Killed Woman in Labour' During Attack: Amnesty

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday January 15, 2015

Boko Haram fighters killed a woman as she was in labour during what is feared could be the deadliest attack in the militants' six-year insurgency, Amnesty International claimed today.

Boko Haram 'Killed Woman in Labour' During Attack: Amnesty

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday January 15, 2015

Boko Haram fighters killed a woman as she was in labour during what is feared could be the deadliest attack in the militants' six-year insurgency, Amnesty International claimed today.

Woman Having Baby Through Surrogacy Entitled to All Maternity Benefits: High Court

South | Press Trust of India | Wednesday January 7, 2015

In a landmark judgement, Kerala High Court today held that a woman, whose child is born of surrogacy, is also entitled to all maternity benefits.

Woman gives birth to baby boy on flight from Spain to Romania

Offbeat | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday December 18, 2013

A passenger went into labour during a Wizz Air flight from Valencia in Spain to Bucharest and gave birth to a boy inside the aircraft just after it landed in the Romanian capital.

Pune: 'From abandoning patients to slapping a woman in labour'- a doctor's blog outs malpractices in hospital

Pune News | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi | Thursday December 5, 2013

A young doctor's blog about his experiences as an intern in a Pune hospital has gone viral and provoked a debate on healthcare provided at government hospitals.

Stuck in traffic, 30-year-old delivers baby in rickshaw

Mumbai News | mid-day.com | Tuesday September 17, 2013

Unable to make it to the hospital on time due to a massive traffic jam, a 30-year-old woman in labour gave birth to baby boy in an auto rickshaw at 10.30 am yesterday. Incidentally, the family resides just five minutes from the hospital but were unable to make it, as they were stranded in the auto rickshaw for 30 minutes due to gridlocked traffic.

Australian PM under fire after naming one woman in cabinet

World News | Agence France-Presse | Monday September 16, 2013

Australia's new prime minister Tony Abbott unveiled his incoming cabinet on Monday, attracting immediate criticism for including only one woman.

When a PCR van turned into a labour room

Delhi News | Edited by Diana George | Monday September 16, 2013

Three constables of the Delhi Police turned saviours, if not really mid-wives, as they helped a woman deliver her baby in their PCR van last week.

Man arrested in UK over Twitter abuse of women

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday August 7, 2013

British police said today they had arrested a 32-year-old man in connection with threats made on Twitter against a woman lawmaker and a feminist campaigner.

China woman held in morgue for three years: media

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday January 25, 2013

A Chinese woman was held in an abandoned morgue for three years after serving hard labour for complaining about her husband's own detention, state-run media said on Friday.

Why this woman delivered baby in cab outside hospital

Mumbai News | mid-day.com | Tuesday August 14, 2012

What should have been a routine delivery turned into a nightmare for a 20-year-old pregnant Borivli resident on Sunday, when she was forced to give birth just outside the walls of a civic hospital because of paperwork. Tara Verma, who was eight-months-pregnant, gave birth to a baby boy in a taxi just outside KEM hospital on Sunday evening. Both the...

Mumbai potholes help deliver second baby in a month

Mumbai News | mid-day.com | Thursday July 12, 2012

While most citizens complain of aches and pains in their back owing to the potholed roads in Mumbai, there is one woman who was rid of her labour pain thanks to the bumpy ride. On Wednesday morning, 22-year-old Paru Ratan Charan, a resident of Dudhnaka, Ulhasnagar, went into labour. She then immediately left for the hospital with a relative and fou...