Bhopal, August 24: In another incident of medical apathy in the country, a latest case has surfaced from Madhya Pradesh's Burhanpur where a woman delivered a baby on the highway due to unavailability of an ambulance. Reports inform that the woman gave birth to a girl-child on a state highway as the ambulance failed to arrive. According to reports, the incident took place on Friday when the woman, identified as Kamla Bai, went into labour while her husband was taking her to the hospital on a motorcycle. Medical Apathy in Mumbai: Doctor Removed Female Reproductive Organs and Partial Vagina from Man's Body.

According to a report by IANS, the woman was forced to give birth to a child after the ‘Janani Express’ ambulance allegedly failed to arrive for taking the pregnant woman to the hospital. The mother-in-law of the woman said the family had informed the ANM (Auxiliary Nurse Midwife) about the labour pain and asked for an ambulance but it never reached. As the ambulance did not arrive, the husband tried to take her to the hospital on a motorcycle but the woman went into labour and gave birth to a child even before they could reach the hospital. Medical Apathy: 60-Year-Old Patient Declared Dead by Doctors of Delhi Ganga Ram Hospital, Found Alive While Being Taken for Last Rites. 

Chandra Bai, mother-in-law of the woman said, “We informed the ANM about the labour pain and asked for an ambulance to take her to the hospital. However, the ambulance never arrived. She went into labour on the road and gave birth to a girl”. The woman was later taken to Shahpur Community Health Centre where the doctors attended the mother and the newborn. The relatives said that the woman delivered the baby on the road. The nurse of the hospital claimed that the woman and her relatives came with the newborn in their hands and the hospital authorities attended them. Both the mother and children are healthy, the hospital authorities said.

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