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LRT passenger gives birth inside train

Louis Bacani - The Philippine Star

MANILA, Philippines - A passenger of the Light Rail Transit 1 (LRT1) gave birth while onboard a northbound train on Wednesday morning.

Lawyer Hernando Cabrera, LRT spokesperson, said the still unidentified woman gave birth to a boy around 6:25 a.m.
 
The train's next stop was the Doroteo Jose Station when the passenger gave birth, Cabrera added.
 
The passenger was helped by a female security guard and a nurse, identified as Ma. Cecilia Lopez, who was incidentally inside the same train.
 
Cabrera said in a radio interview that the passenger and her newborn son are now in good condition.
 
The incident did not affect the LRT operations, according to Cabrera.
 
Last year, Cabrera said a total of 14 babies were born in LRT1 from 2000 to 2012.
 
He said eight were born on the train platform while six were born in a moving train.
 
He added that their staff usually visit the mothers and their newborn children in the hospitals.
 
"We usually bring flowers for the mother and token gift of diapers/feeding bottles sa baby," Cabrera said in his Twitter account.
 
When a Twitter user proposed to Cabrera that babies born in the LRT trains should get lifetime free rides, he responded: "Not good policy, gagawin anakan ang LRT."

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