Assam: Woman delivers child on road due lack of proper connectivity
Guwahati, Sept 13 (IBNS): In a case of medical apathy and lack of proper road connectivity, a woman has been forced to deliver a baby on road near the bank of a river in Assam’s Lakhimpur district on Thursday.
The incident happened at Patharichuk Parghat near Luit Khabalu area, bordering area of Lakhimpur and Majuli district.
According to the reports, the incident took place as the village does not have a concrete road and it is difficult for commuters to travel in emergency situations.
Due to dilapidated conditions of roads, no ambulance could make it to the remote area, where the pregnant woman identified as Aimoni Narah belongs to.
The family members of Aimoni took her to the hospital early this morning for delivering the baby, but the doctor informed them that, her delivery was due for next week.
When they returned from the hospital, the woman felt more labour pain and she delivered a baby boy on road with the help of some local women.
Local people covered her with few steel roof sheets to protect from rain.
“We covered the woman, when she delivered a baby on road. It is very unfortunate that, a woman gave birth on road,” a local youth said.
The people of several remote villages of Lakhimpur and Majuli districts are facing communication problems since Independence.
“I feel much more labour pain when reached at Khabalu. Due to lack of proper road connectivity, I walked from my home to hospital,” Aimoni Narah said.
It is to be mentioned that, the family members of a pregnant woman have been forced to carry her to a government run hospital in a hand-cart by crossing three rivers and 9 km of roads last month.
On February 6 this year, another shocking incident happened in Majuli, where the family members were forced to carry the body of a 50-year-old man on a cart from the government run hospital at Kamalabari and travelled over 7 km due to the absence of ambulance.
Earlier in April 2017, a man was forced to carry the body of his brother on bicycle due to absence of ambulance.
(By Hemanta Kumar Nath, Guwahati)
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