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Assam: Woman gives birth on makeshift stretcher on way to hospital

First Published: 9th September, 2019 18:05 IST

A woman gave birth to a child on her way to a state dispensary on a make-shift stretcher in Chirang’s Udalguri village here on Sunday. The woman went into labour

A woman gave birth to a child on her way to a state dispensary on a make-shift stretcher in Chirang’s Udalguri village here on Sunday.

The woman went into labour while she was being carried in the make-shift stretcher made out of cot, plastic and clothes.

According to the woman’s family, two people had carried the woman on it for 5 kilometres to the dispensary after they did not get any response from 102 ambulance service.

“We called on 102 but did not get any response. Our patient was serious so I along with my relative carried her made this make-shift stretcher using the cot and carried her for 5 kilometres to the hospital. It was raining so we also covered it using plastic,” Bijoy, a family member told ANI.

He said that there is no road connectivity to his village that’s why they have to often take patients to the hospital on similar make-shift stretchers.

(ANI)

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