Mumbai: The medical team of Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) led to the safe delivery of a baby girl inside an airport ambulance. The mother, a Tanzanian national, experienced labour pain when she was transiting through the airport’s international-to-international area.
International-to-international transit corridor becomes scene of extraordinary emergency
Early in the morning on Tuesday, when most of Mumbai was still asleep, the International-to-International transit corridor at CSMIA became the setting for an extraordinary medical emergency that ended in joy. At 5.17am, the airport’s medical team received information about a female transit passenger requiring urgent assistance.
The passenger, a 26-year-old Tanzanian national, was approximately 36 weeks pregnant and experiencing severe abdominal pain while transiting through the international-to-international area. Within minutes, doctors reached the location and found the passenger in active labour, with contractions and signs of water breakage indicating imminent childbirth.
Transit visa issued swiftly as CISF, airline staff coordinate seamless transfer
The expectant mother was carefully transferred onto a buggy stretcher and moved via the terminal lift to the airside ambulance, with seamless support from airline staff and the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). Terminal Operations teams coordinated closely with immigration officials, enabling the swift issuance of a temporary transit visa and preventing any procedural delay at a critical moment.
By 5:40 am, the ambulance departed the airport for the hospital, accompanied by the airport medical team and airline staff. The journey, however, had barely begun when the situation intensified and the woman went into full labour. As labour progressed rapidly and crowning began, a healthy baby girl was delivered inside the ambulance at 5.45am.
Doctors, paramedics and driver form intricate choreography of coordination
Behind this extraordinary outcome was an intricate choreography of coordination. Airport medical teams and terminal operations worked seamlessly with airline staff, immigration officials and CISF personnel. The attending medical team included Dr Kritika, Dr Madhu and Dr Kisley, supported by paramedics Madhuri and Ashok, and ambulance driver Omkar.
“For MIAL, such moments rarely make headlines, yet they reflect the unseen responsibility of operating one of India’s busiest aviation hubs. Airports are often described as gateways. In that moment, the airport became something far more personal, a place where life began safely, far from home, in transit between journeys,” said an airport spokesperson.
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