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A Covid-19 patient from Andhra Pradesh died inside an ambulance when the vehicles were stopped by Telangana police, reportedly for not having entry passes, at the Panchalingala check-post on NH-44 in Kurnool district on Friday.
A Covid-19 patient from Andhra Pradesh died inside an ambulance when the vehicles were stopped by Telangana police, reportedly for not having entry passes, at the Panchalingala check-post on NH-44 in Kurnool district on Friday.
The deceased was identified as a middle-aged man from Nandyal, who passed away inside the ambulance after it was turned back and returning to Nandyal. The ambulance driver said the patient was already in a critical condition and was on oxygen support and the delay at the check-post led to a worsening of his condition.
Later in the evening, the ambulances were allowed to enter after the Telangana high court stayed the order issued by the government restricting the movement of ambulances from neighbouring states.
Kurnool SP Fakkeerappa Kaginelli, earlier in the day twitted that his team had to quickly arrange oxygen from police hospital for two patients who were turned back from Telangana border.
Fakkeerappa put up a message at 9.07 pm saying: “TS police just now started releasing ambulances at the borders. Patients are being moved towards Hyderabad.”
Kurnool police said there was a long queue of ambulances at Pullur toll plaza since 8 pm on Thursday night after their Telangana counterparts erected barricades and started halting almost every vehicle.
On Friday morning, Kurnool MLA Hafeez Khan reached the toll plaza and requested Telangana police to allow the ambulances to pass through. Till he was there, some ambulances were allowed to enter, but once he left the place, it was back to square one.
Jogulamba Gadwal police told reporters that they sent back around 40 ambulances for not having the required permissions and in some cases, the vehicles were sent back despite having permissions.
“We were just following the instructions to allow only those vehicles which have entry passes from Telangana police, or health officials. As far as reviewing the bed confirmation and checking the hospital letters are concerned, the health officials were looking into it,” a senior police officer said.
Urging the Telangana government to act with ‘humanity’, YSRC general secretary Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy said it is natural for patients to move to cities where medical infrastructure is better.
“Beyond rights, it is understandable to see why individual states are trying to protect their resources. We learnt that some oxygen tankers coming to our state from neighbouring ones are being held up by their local police as they seek to cater to their needs first,” Reddy, who is also advisor to the government of AP, said.
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