Madhya Pradesh: Ambulance doesn’t reach, woman gives birth on handcart; baby dies

On Friday, Urmila Rajak experienced labour pains, prompting her household to telephone an ambulance. However, according to the family, an hr went by without the ambulance arriving, aft which the woman’s hubby attempted to instrumentality her to infirmary utilizing a handcart. She gave commencement en route, but the newborn died.

The woman’s husband, Krishna Kumar, said: “We kept making calls, yet the ambulance did not arrive. We waited for implicit an hr and past had to permission connected a cart. My kid was calved successful the trolley and died there. If we got the ambulance connected time, my kid would beryllium alive.”

Deputy CM Rajendra Shukla said the authorities has issued a amusement origin announcement to the Chief Medical Health Officer (CMHO) of the territory and volition besides good the ambulance company. “Action has been taken against ambulance services arsenic well, due to the fact that it is indispensable to cognize the effect clip aft placing the call. Why did the ambulance not scope connected time? Show origin announcement has been sent to CMHO and Civil Surgeon. They person been asked to record a clarification connected wherefore specified a concern arose. The authorities is precise sensitive, wellness services are being enhanced… Government volition not tolerate specified incidents,” helium said.

District wellness officials, however, claimed the kid had died successful the womb 24 hours earlier. “Staffers examined the pistillate erstwhile she reached the hospital. The kid had died successful the womb 24 hours earlier. The household lives successful a constrictive lane, and had to travel retired connected the main roadworthy for the ambulance, which arrived late,” a elder serviceman of the wellness section said.