Andhra Pradesh, September 7: In a disheartening incident, a video of a pregnant woman being carried by her relatives through a forest for 4 km in Vijayanagaram district in the state has gone viral. According to an ANI report, the hospital was 7 km away from the village, but she delivered midway and returned. Both the baby and the mother are safe. UP Man Carries Wife's Dead Body on Shoulders, Allegedly Denied a Hearse Van by Badaun District Hospital: Watch Video!
Reportedly, a similar incident took place in Vijayanagaram district, when another pregnant woman was carried for 12 km due to lack of road connectivity. In hilly, remote areas, it is very common for patients to be carried in make-shift stretchers.
Watch the video where the pregnant woman is being carried by her relatives to the hospital:
#WATCH: A pregnant woman being carried by her relatives through a forest for 4 km in Vijayanagaram district due to lack of road connectivity. Hospital was 7 km away from the village but she delivered midway & returned. Both the baby & the mother are safe. (4.9.18) #AndhraPradesh pic.twitter.com/fvGZlYwDCl
— ANI (@ANI) September 7, 2018
Remember Dana Majhi, the poor Odisha tribal who shook people's conscience as he walked 10 kilometres with his dead wife's body on his shoulders because the district hospital where the ailing was admitted had no hospital.
Things haven't changed much after that, from a hearse not being provided for dead patients to the absence of road connectivity, thousands of people continue to suffer every day.
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