In our daily life we will never know what will happen, sometimes the most unexpected thing can also happen to ourselves. Recently, Rapid KL posted a news on their Facebook page about one of their staff from Rapid KL Sri Petaling that suddenly become a midwife to help a pregnant woman gives birth at Puchong Prima LRT! The post garnered over 875 likes and 80 shares on Facebook.
According to Rapid KL, the incident occurred on 9 November. During that moment, a woman named Shahira Nurdiyana Rauf, a 32-year-old woman who works as an operational staff member at Rapid KL Sri Petaling was resting at the LRT station.
Then, out of sudden at around 6.30PM she heard a scream from a colleague calling for help so she rushed to the scene. They were shocked to see a 36-year-old lady experiencing stomach ache that show symptoms and signs of giving birth at the ticket counter.
Without wasting any time, Shahira assisted by cleaning staff took the pregnant women immediately to the station’s treatment room while waiting for the medical team to arrive. However, it seems like the baby would be born at the moment even before the medical team arrive. Therefore, Shahira has no other choice than be a sudden midwife to help the woman in labour! The woman safely gives birth to a baby boy at the LRT station thanks to Shahira!
After the medical team arrived, the woman and the baby were brought to Serdang Hospital by ambulance to receive further treatment. “I was nervous during the incident but I tried to remain collected with the safety and health of the woman in my mind,” said Shahira.
Reportedly, Shahira had just returned to work after her maternity leave. She stated that she used her latest childbirth experience to overcome the situation. The management team of Prasarana Malaysia Bhd celebrated the actions of Shahira and conducted a mini-celebration at its headquarters at Menara UOA in Bangsar.
On behalf of the company, group chief operating officer Datin Norlia Noah handed over a token of gratitude. Norlia applauded the bravery and ability of Shahira to cope with the unexpected event, inspiring all workers to follow in her footsteps and always be prepared to assist those in need. She said that all frontliners in Prasarana are taught to cope with emergency circumstances and to manage basic medical assistance. They are made to undergo a course they must complete. Even though being a midwife is not part of the duties of frontliners in LRT operations, general knowledge of first aid could really help the passengers.
Shahira’s action of helping the woman in labour amassed many responses by the netizens on social media.
Netizens’ Responses
▼Congratulations Shahira for your courage
▼Shahira is the best. You are a hero!
▼Many netizens hoping for the baby to get free lifetime Rapid KL ticket
▼Some netizens also making joke about giving ideas for the baby’s name
▼Foster child Rapid Rail
▼Luckily there’s no maternity complications happening Alhamdullilah
▼Imagine the birthplace is LRT station, this is rare.
We also want to congratulate Shahira for her heroic act! Well done, Shahira! You really are a life saviour! We hope many people can make Shahira as an example to always help people that are in trouble!~
Info via Rapid KL