Tag: Ambulance Failure

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Mayurbhanj: A woman in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha gave birth to a baby midway in an auto rickshaw while being transferred to the hospital. The case reported from Phulbadia village under Morada block of the district has once again exposed the lacunae in healthcare service delivery in Odisha. According to reports, family members of one […]

Ganjam: A woman injured by a lightning at Bhutasarasingi village under Purushottampur block in the district succumbed to her injuries after failing to get an ambulance in time, her family members complained. According to sources, Tanu Gouda, wife of Panchanan Gouda along with two other people were injured during a lightning strike while working on […]

Phulbani: An expectant mother was forced to deliver her baby on the roadside near Sartaguda village in Kandhamal district today after the ambulance failed to reach on time. The woman, along with her husband Dibya Kanwar was on her way to a relative’s house in Arapa when the labour pain started. Although Kanwar called up […]

Baripada: Protesting non-arrival of ambulance and fire brigade, locals of Kainphulia village carried  body of a youth, who reportedly died after drowning, to Collector’s office on a cot here on Sunday. The deceased youth, Arjun Singh had drowned while taking bath in a dam. As Arjun’s  condition was critical, locals had called up the 108 […]

Rayagada: Exposing the sorry state of the health sector in Odisha, an expectant mother delivered a baby on the roadside as ambulance reportedly failed to respond to the emergency call on time at Kalyansinghpur in Rayagada district. According to reports, the woman had developed labour pain late on Saturday night and it was only at […]

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 […]

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 […]

Rayagada: It seems the government does not learn from its past mistakes and lacunae. Despite a number of cases of women delivering on roadsides and on way to hospitals in the last couple of months, nothing seems to have shaken the government to wake up and make amends to better the healthcare system in the […]

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 […]

Angul: In yet another instance of gross failure of Janani Suraksha Yojana, a woman of Phuljhari village under Kishore Nagar police limits in the district delivered a baby inside an auto-rickshaw on way to hospital. Family members of Kabita Padhan called ‘102’ ambulance in the evening on Wednesday soon after she suffered from labour pain. […]