Family denied of ambulance in Balasore, carries dead body on trolley

Balasore: In yet another incident of Ambulance failure and degrading healthcare system in Odisha, a family of Manjuripur village under Simulia police limits in the district was forced to rush the body of a family member to the nearby hospital on a trolley rickshaw.

As per reports, the deceased, identified as Baidhar Bindhani, drowned in a pond on Friday. The villagers rescued Bindhani and dialled 108 Ambulance service. However, they were denied of the service allegedly due to unavailability of any Ambulance.

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Left with no choice, the family members carried Bindhani on a trolley rickshaw to the Simulia Community Healthcare Centre. But the doctors declared him brought dead.

Adding to the woes, the family didn't even get any Ambulance service to send the body for post mortem. They had to carry the dead body again on the trolley rickshaw.

"We dialled 108 to avail the government ambulance but the receiver refused to come. This forced us to carry the body on trolley rickshaw," said a villager.

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