Due to lack of medical facilities, a pregnant woman was carried on a cot by her family members to a hospital through Tikamgarh’s flooded streets after ambulance service number 108 failed to respond.
The woman was undergoing severe labour pain, after which her family members dialled the helpline number and urged hospital authorities to send an ambulance immediately. However, the ambulance could not reach their village due to severe floods and water-logging.
“I was not aware of this incident. Hence, I’ll be able to tell you anything only after checking with the concerned authorities,” Dr Ravi Rawat of Prithvipur district hospital told.
#WATCH: Family members of a pregnant woman took her to the hospital in a cot through Tikamgarh’s flooded streets after ambulance service number 108 failed to respond. #MadhyaPradesh (25/7/2018) pic.twitter.com/aAbgZg9HxB
— ANI (@ANI) July 25, 2018
In an earlier incident, a man from the same district was forced to carry the body of his mother on a motorcycle for post-mortem. The woman, identified as Kunwar Bai, had died due to a snake bite. Her family then informed a district hospital in Mohangarh for a post-mortem to be conducted.
However, the hospital allegedly denied sending a hearse van for the deceased. Thereafter, Kunwar Bai’s son and her relatives brought her body on a motorcycle to the hospital for the post-mortem to be conducted, a video of which was widely circulated on social media.
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