In Sindh’s Qambar Shahdadkot district, a woman has given birth to a baby boy under the open sky and next to the rubble of her house that collapsed in floods.
The newborn was to spend the first day of his life traveling in a truck in search of a safer place, a private TV channel reported on Sunday.
Heavy rains and flash floods have rendered a large number of families homeless, who have been compelled to move towards higher grounds. In swathes of Sindh, this often means setting up tents on highways or near rail tracks as these are the only elevated places in the province.
Among the displaced families, a woman, a resident of Junan village in district Qambar Shahdadkot, gave birth on roadside next to the rubble of their house.
Muridaan Bibi cannot afford the “luxury” of post-partum rest. She was preparing to travel in a truck in search of a safer place.
Khairullah — who was named after his late grandfather — was to spend the first 24 hours of his life in a truck, which was being loaded with the belongings of the family.
The woman’s family said they were leaving for Kotri, where Muridaan Bibi could likely see a doctor.
In Junan village, they were facing a shortage of food and potable water and had no shelter.
Tents, medicine, and mosquito nets are some of the essentials they need to survive floods and to avoid falling sick.
