Neonate born inside ambulance by deceased father

A mother gave birth to a baby girl inside an ambulance while on the way to home in Ashashuni upazila with the body of her husband who died at hospital in Satkhira town.

According to family members, Altaf Hossain, 34, a brick kiln worker of Pratapnagar  upazila, died of cancer on Tuesday at Satkhira Medical College Hospital.

On Wednesday morning when his pregnant wife Rahima Khatun was returning to Pratapnagar with the body of her husband in an ambulance she experienced labour pains and subsequently she gave birth to a baby girl.

The Pratapnagar Union Parishad chairman, Abu Dawud Dhali, stated that the family is in deep mourning and the union parishad has promised to provide them with all the support they need.