Daltonganj: A three-day-old boy died at Medinirai Medical College and Hospital (MMCH) here after his mother deboarded a train at Daltonganj railway station early Saturday while taking him to Ranchi for treatment of acute respiratory distress.Station superintendent Umesh Kumar said the passenger, Sangeeta Devi (37) from Japla in Palamu, was travelling with her son, Shivam Kumar Upadhyaya, a Class X student, and his baby brother. She was in a coach located next to the engine on the Sasaram-Ranchi Intercity Express when the infant’s condition worsened.Railway sources said the engine crew alerted the deputy controller at Barkakana Junction and sought medical assistance. Kumar said Sangeeta insisted on ending her journey at Daltonganj as the newborn’s condition was deteriorating rapidly.The mother, baby and Shivam were deboarded around 6.15 am. Railway officials arranged an e-rickshaw and rushed them to MMCH, about 2 km from the station.Hospital sources said the baby was brought in the “last stage of life”. He was later declared dead.Shivam, confirming the death of his newborn brother — the family’s third child — alleged that no last-ditch effort was made to revive the baby at the hospital.
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