Kor37 9 Posted February 28, 2008 Baby Falls Down Train Toilet Onto TracksBy R.K. MISRA,AP Posted: 2008-02-28 12:24:12 AHMADABAD, India (Feb. 28) - A newborn baby girl fell through the toilet in a moving train and onto the tracks moments after her mother prematurely gave birth, surviving nearly two hours before being found, relatives said Thursday. http://www.aolcdn.com/aolnews_photos/06/02...228114409990025 The child's mother, who uses the single name Bhuri, was traveling with relatives on an overnight train when she went to the bathroom shortly before midnight Tuesday and unexpectedly gave birth to a baby girl, said Arjun Kumar, her brother-in-law. "Later, she fell unconscious and the baby fell through the toilet," he continued. "Two stations later, we knocked at the door." Bhuri opened the door, soaked in blood. "When we asked her about what happened, she said the baby had fallen through onto the tracks," Kumar said. Toilets on Indian trains usually have holes that open directly onto the tracks, and there were no indications Thursday that authorities doubted Bhuri's story or planned to investigate the incident. Kumar said that after finding Bhuri, relatives pulled the train's emergency brake and told railway officials what had happened. A search was quickly organized, and guards at one of the stations the train had passed soon found the baby. "She was on the rail track for almost 1 1/2 to two hours," said Dr. Gautam Jain, a pediatrician at Rajasthan Hospital in Ahmadabad, in the western state of Gujarat, where the baby and mother were taken. The child, who has not yet been named, was eight to 10 weeks premature and weighed only 3.22 pounds, Jain said. She had a low heart rate and body temperature. "We do not expect such children to survive," Jain said. Despite the horrific events, this is the thing that grabbed my attention the most: Toilets on Indian trains usually have holes that open directly onto the tracks, :( Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LordOfTheBorg 1 Posted February 28, 2008 That's... weird? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Theunicornhunter 2 Posted February 28, 2008 I guess they don't have to worry about people walking on the tracks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
He Who Shall Not Be Named 2 Posted February 28, 2008 That's not so unusual. In the '80s trains in the US were that way too. They had a valve that closed when they were in a station so would-be passengers didn't see poop everywhere. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LordOfTheBorg 1 Posted February 29, 2008 i remember traveling on a train once. They asked us not to flush the toilets coming to or leaving the stations. I guess some places in Canada still do that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites