Poor road deters healthcare as expectant mother carried on sling

Keonjhar: Absence of proper motorable road has once again hit basic healthcare services in Odisha with dire spectacle of patient carried on wooden basket once again questioning effectiveness of healthcare schemes and infrastructure development work boasted by the government.

According to sources, Purnami Dangua of Luhajala village under Bansapal block in the district suffered labour pain and called for an 108 ambulance but the vehicle could not turn up due to absence of good road to the village.

Failing to get any other source, Purnami's kin carried her on an wooden basket fitted to a sling for nearly three km.

After reaching Marasuan, the nearest motorable road, the ambulance picked her up and she was admitted to Bansapal hospital.