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  • MP: Man takes pregnant wife to govt Arogya Kendra on push-cart only to find staff absent

    By PTI

    DAMOH: Authorities have started an inquiry after a video showing the husband of a pregnant woman carrying her to hospital on a push-cart for want of an ambulance emerged from Madhya Pradesh’s Damoh district.

    When Kailash Ahirwal and his wife reached the local government-run Arogya Kendra after the one-km journey, there was no doctor or nurse there, he alleged.

    The incident took place at Raneh village, 60 km from the Damoh district headquarters on Tuesday, and a video of Ahirwal taking his wife on a push-cart became viral on social media.

    RP Kori, block medical officer at Hatta, said he had come across the video and an inquiry will be conducted.

    Notices will be issued to the concerned employees as to why an ambulance was not provided to ferry the pregnant woman to hospital, he said.

    Damoh, MP | We’ve taken cognizance of the viral video. It is also being ascertained why the ambulance did not reach. The woman has been referred to the district hospital: Dr. RP Kori, BMO, Hatta on viral video showing a man carrying his ailing wife on a handcart (30.08) pic.twitter.com/dBIUkxi5lQ
    — ANI MP/CG/Rajasthan (@ANI_MP_CG_RJ) August 30, 2022
    Ahirwal said that after his wife began to have labour pains on Tuesday, he called the 108 government ambulance service but no ambulance came for two hours.

    He then put her on a push-cart and took her to the local Arogya Kendra where no nurse or doctor was available, he claimed.

    Later she was shifted to Hatta by a government ambulance, but after not getting proper treatment there, she was shifted to the Damoh district hospital where she was now under medical supervision, he added.

    DAMOH: Authorities have started an inquiry after a video showing the husband of a pregnant woman carrying her to hospital on a push-cart for want of an ambulance emerged from Madhya Pradesh’s Damoh district.

    When Kailash Ahirwal and his wife reached the local government-run Arogya Kendra after the one-km journey, there was no doctor or nurse there, he alleged.

    The incident took place at Raneh village, 60 km from the Damoh district headquarters on Tuesday, and a video of Ahirwal taking his wife on a push-cart became viral on social media.

    RP Kori, block medical officer at Hatta, said he had come across the video and an inquiry will be conducted.

    Notices will be issued to the concerned employees as to why an ambulance was not provided to ferry the pregnant woman to hospital, he said.

    Damoh, MP | We’ve taken cognizance of the viral video. It is also being ascertained why the ambulance did not reach. The woman has been referred to the district hospital: Dr. RP Kori, BMO, Hatta on viral video showing a man carrying his ailing wife on a handcart (30.08) pic.twitter.com/dBIUkxi5lQ
    — ANI MP/CG/Rajasthan (@ANI_MP_CG_RJ) August 30, 2022
    Ahirwal said that after his wife began to have labour pains on Tuesday, he called the 108 government ambulance service but no ambulance came for two hours.

    He then put her on a push-cart and took her to the local Arogya Kendra where no nurse or doctor was available, he claimed.

    Later she was shifted to Hatta by a government ambulance, but after not getting proper treatment there, she was shifted to the Damoh district hospital where she was now under medical supervision, he added.

  • Thane tribal woman in labour pain made to sit on hospital steps for hours, alleges activist

    By PTI

    THANE: A 28-year-old tribal woman, who was in labour pain, was made to sit on the footsteps of a government-run hospital at Bhiwandi in Maharashtra’s Thane district by its staff for nearly 11 hours, who asked her relatives to get her medical tests done first, a social activist alleged on Sunday.

    The incident occurred at Indira Gandhi Memorial (IGM) Hospital on Saturday, activist Pramod Pawar said.

    The medical superintendent of the hospital, however, said that he was not aware that the pregnant woman was made to sit outside the facility for hours, and that when he was informed about it, he immediately arranged for her admission.

    “The woman, Rohini Maruti Mukne, a resident of a village near Bhiwandi, developed labour pain and was brought to the hospital around 1 pm yesterday. However, the hospital staff refused to admit her and made her wait on the footsteps till midnight. The staff asked her relatives to get her blood and other tests done first and also make arrangements for the blood supply,” he said.

    When the activist and other members of his organisation came to know about it, they raised the issue with the hospital management.

    Finally, its medical superintendent intervened and the woman was finally admitted to the facility, he said.

    When contacted, Rajesh More, medical superintendent of IGM Hospital, said, he was not aware that the woman was made to sit outside the hospital.

    “When I came to know about it around 10 pm, I immediately made arrangement to get her admitted,” he said. 

  • UP: Pregnant woman alleges rape by live-in partner

    By PTI
    BALLIA:A 23-year-old woman has levelled allegations of rape against her live-in partner, who refused to marry her after she got pregnant, police said on Wednesday.

    The woman met Amit Maurya of Vijaynagar in 2019 after which they started living together in Ballia, Station House Officer DK Pathak said.

    The man established physical relations with her on promise of marriage, she complained.

    She also alleged that Maurya posted an objectionable picture of hers on Facebook using a fake account made in the name of a girl.

    An FIR has been lodged under Sections 376 (rape) and 506 (threat to kill) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Information Technology (IT) Act against Maurya and efforts were on to nab him, the SHO said.

    The woman has been sent for medical examination, he added.