Kerala floods: Airlifted pregnant woman gives birth to baby boy

Kochi, August 17

A pregnant woman, who was airlifted on Friday morning by a Navy rescue team from a water-logged place near Aluva in Kerala, gave birth to a baby safely.

Visuals of Sajitha Jabeel being airlifted were shown on TV channels and soon after she was taken into the helicopter. The rescue team took her to the Kochi Naval base hospital where she was admitted.

The hospital authorities said that she delivered a baby boy and both are doing fine.

Aluva continues to be one of the worst affected towns on account of the flooding that has claimed at least 173 lives in Kerala. — IANS