Tag: Ambulance Failure

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Ambulance fails to arrive, Odisha woman delivers baby in auto rickshaw

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 […]

  • Monday, 26 July 2021
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Injured by lightning, woman dies as ambulance fails to arrive

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 […]

  • Monday, 26 July 2021
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Ambulance failure: Woman delivers baby on roadside

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 […]

  • Monday, 26 July 2021
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Locals carry youth's body on cot as ambulance fails to turn 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 […]

  • Saturday, 24 July 2021
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Woman gives birth on road as ambulance fails to reach on time

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 […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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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 […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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 […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
Ambulance failure: Another woman delivers on roadside

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 […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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 […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
Ambulance failure: Woman delivers baby in auto-rickshaw; probe ordered

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. […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
Sans roads, expectant mother carried on cot yet again!

Kalahandi: Once again making a mockery of healthcare system in the rural areas, a pregnant woman was carried on cot in Benagaon Gram Panchayat here as ambulance couldn’t reach her due to absence of motorable road. Manjula, a resident of Litibandei village complained of labour pain on Saturday. Soon, the local Asha worker and her […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
Expectant mother carried on cot, delivers on road

Nabarangpur: In yet another unfortunate incident mocking the Odisha Government’s Janani Surakshya Yojana, a pregnant woman gave birth to a baby while she was being carried to hospital on a cot due to lack of conveyance to avail ambulance services here in the district on Sunday. According to reports, the incident occurred in Kalasada village […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
Ambulance failure: Rayagada woman delivers in auto

Rayagada: At a time when the state government is coming up with new welfare schemes for expectant mothers, things remain unchanged at the grassroots. In yet another example of failure of the state-sponsored Janani Surakhya Yojana, a woman of Sunakhandi Tikarpada village under Kalyansighpur block in Rayagada district delivered a baby in an auto on […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
Ambulance failure: Newborn delivered on way to hospital dies

Kalyansinghpur: In yet another incident of gross failure of Janani Suraksha Yojana, a newborn girl died just after birth as her mother delivered on the way to hospital after ambulance failed to reach her due to lack of road connectivity to her village Pakheru in Rayagada district. Soon after the delivery, the condition of the […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
Odisha healthcare: Superstitions & ambulance failure continue

Keonjhar/Bhubaneswar: That the healthcare services in Odisha have been far less than what is desired was once again proved after three  different cases of ambulance failure and medical negligence were reported from Keonjhar and Bhubaneswar. In Keonjhar, one Etwa Munda had to carry his seriously ailing wife, Samtara in a trolley rickshaw to a hospital […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
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