bengaluru some situations bring out the best in humans their varied sectarian identities and language differences notwithstanding such an incident unfurled on monday when a migrant labourer developed labour pain in a moving ksrtc bus bus conductor s vasanthamma promptly rose to the occasion and helped the 21yearold deliver in the vehicle that was parked by the roadsidevasanthamma 52 said a months training that she had received 20 years ago as an assistant in a nursing home came in handy accompanied by her motherinlaw fatima from assam had boarded the bus at belur cross to travel to chikkmagaluru she couldnt speak a word of kannada and barely knew hindi nine months pregnant fatima was en route to a coffee plantation for an adhoc job she had got to fend for her family comprising her 3yearold child her husband and his mothera few minutes after she boarded the bus fatima began writhing in pain and her agony was visible to other passengers vasanthamma was asked to take a look at fatima who was evidently experiencing labour pain the conductor immediately took charge of the situation she checked fatima and realised that it was time for the baby to come out she asked driver kumaraswamy to park the bus on the roadside she got all the men out of the bus and shifted fatima to a threeseater other women assisted her the delivery happened in 10 minutes vasanthamma told toi all the while she was trying to strike a conversation with fatima in her broken hindias there was no sanitised medical equipment in the bus the babys umbilical cord was not cut it was placed on fatimas long kurta the delivery took place at 125pm and the ambulance arrived 1015 minutes after that vasanthamma recalled after fatima was taken to the hospital vasanthamma raised rs 1500 from all passengers for medical procedures the bus left with everyone aboard to shanthagrama hospital in chikkamagaluru to check on the mother and baby all the passengers were excited to see the mother and her newborn she saidofficials at ksrtc were impressed by the courage and thoughtfulness of the bus crew both were invited by the head office on wednesday to bengaluru where they were felicitated and handed tokens of appreciation