Even as the State Government pumps in crores of rupees to ensure safe maternity, benefits do not reach people in the district thanks to lack of infrastructure.
Pratima Gond (24) wife of Samnath Gond of village Karandiaguda under Umarkote police limits delivered a baby inside an auto-rickshaw on her way to hospital on Sunday. Pratima developed labour pain in the early morning but she could not get the much-touted free-ambulance to take her to the local CHC as the ambulance (102) did not reach her village.
She endured the pain till her relatives boarded in a hired auto-rickshaw to move to the CHC. However, on the way Pratima delivered a baby in the vehicle itself.
A few months ago, a woman of village Pahnri Kumuda had complained of labour pain in morning, following which her family members telephoned for a 102-ambulance service. However, the ambulance couldn’t reach the village due to a deteriorated road condition. left with no other option, the woman walked two km on the muddy village road assisted by her kin to reach the ambulance. Then the ambulance carried her to the Umarkote CHC where she delivered a male child.