Patna: A woman delivered a baby girl inside an ambulance after the vehicle got stuck in mud on Jhumpura block road in Keonjhar district Wednesday.
The locals Friday expressed concern over the condition of the roads in the village.
According to sources, Sarojini Naik, wife of Krushnachandra Naik of Bala in Jajpasi panchayat under Champua block, had complained of labour pains Wednesday evening. The ASHA called up 108 ambulance as 102 vehicle was not available at that time.
On its way to Bala, the vehicle got stuck in mud as the road was damaged after incessant rain. Hearing about the incident, locals reached the spot. Later, a tractor was engaged to pull the ambulance out of the mud.
The van reached the village four hours later and took the patient to Bhanda hospital. However, the woman delivered a baby inside the ambulance near Phulkanlei. Both the mother and the baby were hospitalized and the doctors said the two are doing well.
Locals urged the administration to mend the road immediately in view of the difficulties they faced.
Ambulance failure: Pregnant woman carried on bike
Nabarangpur: In yet another case of ambulance failure, a pregnant woman was carried on a motorcycle from a remote village in the district to the hospital after the vehicle driver failed to reach the pick-up location on Friday.
The incident took place today morning at Puralubhata village under Jharigaon police limits in the district after the woman developed labour pain and her family contacted the 108 ambulance service.
However, the driver expressed his inability to reach the village due to a non-motorable road.
With no options left the family members carried the woman on a bike for about two kilometres where the ambulance was stationed. She was then shifted to the hospital in the ambulance, said a source.
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