New Delhi, Sept. 9 -- After the heartbeat of her five-month-old fetus stopped in the womb, a 32-year-old mother decided to donate the fetus to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, for research work.

Speaking to ANI, Dr. SB Ray, HOD, Anatomy department, AIIMS Delhi, said, "The Mother underwent a C-section to deliver the fetus when the heartbeat of the baby stopped beating, within the mother's uterus, and on examination, it was known that the heartbeat of the baby had stopped. So after that, the baby was delivered. I believe that there was a cesarean section, and the baby was delivered. Cesarean section is usually not taken in such cases, but because they wanted to donate the body, the mother underwent a cesarean sec...