Pregnant woman gives birth on roadside outside hospital as CCTV footage goes viral

Rajbiraj, September 10, 2026 — CCTV footage showing a pregnant woman giving birth on a roadside outside a hospital in Saptari has gone viral on social media, prompting questions over the treatment she allegedly received after reaching the facility.

The woman has been identified as 29-year-old Babita Kumari Pasman of Rajbiraj Municipality-14. According to reports, she gave birth to a baby boy on the pavement outside Gajendra Narayan Singh Hospital in Rajbiraj early Wednesday morning, September 9.

The footage was made public after journalist Sudha Dev of Saptari posted it on Facebook on Thursday morning. Dev alleged that the woman was forced to give birth outside the government hospital because her family could not afford the required payment and called for an immediate investigation and action.

The CCTV clips, dated September 9, show activity outside the hospital between 2:29 am and 4:35 am. The footage shows a man and two women on the pavement, with the pregnant woman appearing to be in severe labour pain.

According to the footage, she was seen experiencing labour around 3:27 am. At about 4:35 am, the group was seen leaving the area carrying the newborn.

Hospital documents obtained by Tekpana, however, show that Pasman had been admitted to Gajendra Narayan Singh Hospital at 2:10 am on September 9.

The hospital’s labour chart identifies the pregnancy as her fourth. She had previously given birth three times.

The medical record states that her cervix was approximately 1.5 centimetres dilated during the examination and that the foetal heart rate was 138 beats per minute. Documents also show that her husband, Hareram Pasman, provided consent for her treatment with his thumbprint.

Another medical report indicates that Pasman had last undergone a health check-up at the health post in Ward No. 14 on August 31, according to the documents cited in the report.

According to the account given by the family and journalist Dev, Pasman went into labour after midnight and travelled with her husband and aunt-in-law to the hospital, located about 15 kilometres from their home.