S/AFRICA Woman gives birth at ”train station”

A woman gave birth at a railway station in South Africa after two hospitals refused to admit her, reports the local IOL news site. IOL goes on to say Francine Ngalula Kalala was allegedly turned away from the hospitals “because of her asylum status”. It says she was refused treatment at two hospitals in the […]

A woman gave birth at a railway station in South Africa after two hospitals refused to admit her, reports the local IOL news site.

IOL goes on to say Francine Ngalula Kalala was allegedly turned away from the hospitals “because of her asylum status”.

It says she was refused treatment at two hospitals in the capital, Pretoria, so got on the train to the main city, Johannesburg. She spent the 45-minute train ride vomiting as the other passengers tried their best to assist her, the news site says. When the train pulled into Johannesburg’s Park Station at 7am, she had been in labour for more than five hours and gave birth on the station platform, IOL adds.