In a heartwarming moment from Andhra Pradesh’s Darsi, a doctor-turned-politician left her election campaign midway to perform an emergency caesarean surgery. On April 19, Dr Gottipati Lakshmi, a Telugu Desam Party candidate, won the internet’s heart with her dedication to her profession. She was about to leave to campaign on April 18 when she heard about a pregnant woman in need of urgent medical attention. The woman was losing amniotic fluid, which could have caused a miscarriage. With no gynecologist around, Lakshmi selflessly stepped in to save the mother and newborn.

According to a post by TDP on X (Twitter), the mother and baby are safe and healthy. The party posted a video of Lakshmi holding the baby. She commented, “Nothing in this world brings me more joy than welcoming a life onto this Earth. Babies and smiles motivate me to keep going. It was a good day.”

Politician Delivers Baby

Speaking to NDTV, Lakshmi said that she “was called for a medical emergency when the mother developed complications and there was no Gynae to attend immediately. The doctors at the private hospital had referred her [woman] to Guntur. I went there and conducted the surgery to save the mother and child.”

Saving the pregnant woman and her baby, Lakshmi garnered praise from the family and social media. Lakshmi comes from a prominent political background. The Gottipati family in Andhra Pradesh has been influential since 1997 in the Martur, Parchur, Addanki and Darsi regions.

With the announcement of the TDP ticket to Lakshmi, the Gottipati family is contesting in two neighboring Assembly constituencies in the erstwhile Prakasam district. She joined politics from Darsi. Meanwhile, her marital family from Narasaraope is influential in the medical field. Andhra Pradesh goes to the polls on May 13.