Baby born in public minivan

TANGERANG: A young mother delivered a baby boy in a public minivan on her way to the Tangerang General Hospital late on Friday.

Three months before the baby was due, Jumani, 21, started having contractions and was rushed to the hospital from a maternity clinic she sought treatment at.

According to husband Mardianto, 25, his wife suffered from a heart problem and, fearing complications, the doctors at the clinic recommended she seek further help at the hospital.

"We took the public minivan ... around 200 meters from the clinic, Jumani groaned in pain and the baby came out," he said.

The mother and the baby, weighing only 400 grams, were still in the hospital's intensive care unit as of Saturday. -- JP