Tag: Ambulance Failure

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Newborn Dies As Ambulance Fails To Reach Village, Courtesy The Bad Roads In This Odisha Village

There are numerous schemes for the poor in the state, but is the implementation up-to-the-mark? While the BJD-led Odisha government continues to boast of adequate healthcare facilities in the rural belt, the ground reality tells a different tale.

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  • Friday, 07 October 2022
Pregnant Woman Walks 7Kms To Reach Hospital In Odisha
No Road, No Ambulance: Pregnant Woman Walks 7Kms To Reach Hospital In Odisha

Yet again an instance of poor road connectivity affecting healthcare services in rural pockets has surfaced. Yet again an expectant mother was seen bearing the brunt of the alleged apathy of the government.

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  • Tuesday, 30 November 2021
Man Shoulders Daughter For 2 km Due To 'Ambulance Failure', Girl Declared Dead At Hospital
Man Shoulders Daughter For 2 km Due To 'Ambulance Failure', Girl Declared Dead At Hospital

Arjun carried his daughter on his shoulders for around 2 km near the ambulance and rushed to the hospital. However, she was declared brought dead by the doctor. 

  • Tuesday, 12 October 2021
Odisha: Woman Delivers Baby While Being Stretchered On Cot
Woman Delivers Baby While Being Stretchered On Cot In Absence Of Ambulance

On Monday, the wife of Mahendra Jagranga, Salmi suffered labour pain following which her family dialed the emergency 108 ambulance service for her immediate admission to a nearby hospital. However, the ambulance could not arrive at the village in the absence of any proper road connectivity to the region.

  • Tuesday, 28 September 2021
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Odisha: Patient Dies Midway After Ambulance Breaks Down On Way To Hospital

In an unfortunate incident, a patient died on her way to Burla hospital reportedly after the 108 ambulance carrying her broke down midway in Sambalpur on Monday (Sept 20).

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  • Tuesday, 21 September 2021
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Sans proper roads, people in Odisha rely on cots to carry patients

Balasore: Failure of ambulance services to villages due to poor road connectivity forcing people to carry patients on cots continue to be reported from several parts of the State every day. In another such incident, a patient was seen carried on a cot at Gudikhula village under Oupada block of the district today. According to […]

  • Wednesday, 28 July 2021
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With no roads, pregnant woman carried on cot in Mayurbhanj

Baripada: Failure of ambulance services to villages especially in cut off areas due to poor road connectivity refuses to die down with one more such incident being reported from Chaulagheri village of Bangiriposhi in Mayurbhanj district today. As per reports, a woman of the village complained of labour pain early morning today following which the […]

  • Wednesday, 28 July 2021
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Pregnant woman dies due to ambulance delay in Balasore

Balasore: The management of the ambulance services especially in remote areas has once again come under scanner after a pregnant woman died allegedly after ambulance failed to arrive on time in Kansa village under Nilagiri police limits in the district on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as Basanti Nayak. According to sources, Basanti underwent […]

  • Wednesday, 28 July 2021
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Sans motorable road, pregnant woman carried on cot!

Koraput: Absence of motorable road and lack of bridges across rivers in remote areas of Odisha continue to affect people depriving them of timely healthcare services in the State. Yet another incident of a pregnant woman being carried on cot was reported from Koraput district. According to reports, Subai Nirikiyanka of Karikon village under Narayanpatna […]

  • Wednesday, 28 July 2021
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Expectant mother carried on cot, delivers baby girl in Ambulance

Malkangiri:  Once again the sordid condition of poor rural infrastructure and healthcare in Odisha was exposed after a pregnant woman, who was carried on a cot, delivered a baby girl in the ambulance on the way to the hospital in remote Malkangiri district. The shocking incident was reported from at Mantriput village in the district […]

  • Wednesday, 28 July 2021
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Misery of women patients: Ambulances fail to reach needy, as roads fail to connect

Bhubaneswar: There may be umpteen reasons for ambulance failures in interior areas of the State, but it’s the women patients, especially expectant mothers, who suffer most due to the government’s apathy. In two more such incidents, a pregnant woman in Malkangiri was carried on cot for five kms while another expectant mother had to deliver […]

  • Monday, 26 July 2021
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Sans Road, Expectant Mother Carried On Cot For 3 Kms

Dhenkanal: In yet another instance of Odisha government’s apathy towards people in remote areas of the State, a pregnant woman was carried on cot for almost three kilometres from her house in Kaitamati village under Kankadahada block of Dhenkanal district. As per sources, the incident occurred after the expectant mother, Rashmita Chatar, complained of labour […]

  • Monday, 26 July 2021
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Woman dies as ambulance fails to reach village due to bad road

Malkangiri: A woman patient from Kadaguda village under Khairaput area died on way to hospital as ambulance failed to reach her due to lack of a pucca road to the hamlet. According to reports, the woman identified as Jambati Kansari Namni complained of chest pain early this morning following which her family members called up […]

  • Monday, 26 July 2021
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Ambulance failure continues to haunt interiors, woman taken to hospital in sling

Rayagada: In yet another incident of ambulance failure, a woman of Gunjapala village in Muniguda block of the district was rushed to the hospital with the help of a sling on Thursday. As per sources, one Bailo Sikka had to be rushed to the hospital after her condition deteriorated following high fever for last few […]

  • Monday, 26 July 2021
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Odisha For Women: PCC Chief shows mirror to Naveen on Twitter

Bhubaneswar: A few hours after Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced enhancement of Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana cover for women from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 7 lakh, OPCC President Niranjan Patnaik silenced the hullabaloo of the State Government in a series of tweets criticising the Biju Janata Dal initiative ‘Odisha For Women’, tagging it a […]

  • Monday, 26 July 2021
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