PHC slams door, pregnant woman delivers on road

Kanpur | Friday | 25th January, 2019

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The hospital staff didn't bother to enquire about the well-being of the daughter-mother duo even when they heard her agonizing screams. Additional chief medical superintendent B M Khare said, "It's a serious issue as hospital staff did not care to admit the patient. After the media was tipped off, hospital staff were jolted into action and swiftly admitted Sonam and her baby," he said.Furious family members launched protests over the medical apathy. When we came out of the hospital, she went into labour and delivered the baby near the road.Few women attendants and passersby helped her to deliver. The district magistrate, Jalaun, has ordered a probe into why the woman was denied admission after waiting for hours.Talking to TOI, Bhupendra said, "The health centre staff categorically told my wife to come after three days even though she was in pain..