The Corona pandemic and all the panic surrounding it led to a Malad woman delivering her baby in an autorickshaw on the Western Express Highway early Wednesday morning after being denied admission by two hospitals. Sangita Pal, 29, was finally taken to Savant Hospital in Andheri with her baby girl, who was delivered with the help of Pal's neighbour and nurse Surekha Pawar. The baby's umbilical cord was finally cut at the private hospital staff and the mother and child are now stable.

The harrowing journey began at 12.30 am for the Pal couple when Sangita began experiencing labour pain. Her husband Achchelal, who works at a flour mill, arranged for an autorickshaw to take her to the hospital while Pawar accompanied her. They first reached a hospital in Govind Nagar where they were denied admission and were advised to go to Cooper hospital at Juhu.