Odisha woman dies as ambulance fails to reach due to poor roads

Balasore: A woman of Parikhama village under Khaira block in Balasore district died today as ambulance failed to reach the place due to poor road connectivity.

Sources said the family members of the woman called up 108 ambulance service when she suddenly fell ill. The ambulance, which was one kilometre away from the house, could not come to the place due to poor condition of the road.

Later, the family members carried the woman to the ambulance on a cot. She was first admitted to Khaira health centre, where doctors reffered her to the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack as her condition further deteriorated.

However, the woman died on her way to the hospital.