Updated On: 19 November, 2025 06:49 AM IST | Mumbai | Ritika Gondhalekar
Tiny heart defect shows signs of natural healing as baby grows strong; soon after his dramatic birth, doctors at Cooper Hospital told the family the baby had a hole in the heart and required immediate cardiac surgery

Since the past month, the infant has been eating well and growing steadily. Pic/By Special Arrangement
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Mumbai’s “miracle baby boy,” born unexpectedly on the platform of the Western Line’s Ram Mandir railway station on October 15, has turned a month old and is now thriving — a relief for the family that feared he needed urgent heart surgery.
Soon after his dramatic birth, doctors at Cooper Hospital told the family the baby had a hole in the heart and required immediate cardiac surgery. Distressed, they sought a second opinion at Nair Hospital on the advice of their family doctor and Dr Devika Deshmukh, who had assisted the delivery. At Nair Hospital, a fresh sonography showed the hole was extremely small.