Overview
- A passenger went into premature labour and delivered on board the Dibrugarh‑bound Avadh Assam Express as the train neared Rangiya, with a coach attendant assisting the birth.
- Krishnama Goldsmith Bezbaruah, a nurse from Jorhat Christian Mission Hospital who was travelling on the train, helped perform the delivery.
- Rangiya station staff mobilized a medical team led by the divisional medical officer and took the mother and newborn to Rangiya Railway Hospital for first aid.
- Because the baby was premature, both mother and child were transferred by railway ambulance to Gauhati Medical College and Hospital for higher neonatal care and were reported stable.
- The incident highlights Northeast Frontier Railway’s on‑board and station medical coordination and the pathway for urgent referral when a newborn needs specialized hospital care.