In yet another such tragic incident, a pregnant woman gave birth to a dead baby girl while being carried to a hospital by a sling due to lack of conveyance or ambulance at Fakeri village under Parsali panchayat in the Niyamgiri Hill of Rayagada district on Tuesday.
According to reports, Alem Sikaka complained of labour pain in the morning, following which villagers carried her by a sling amid hilly roads for four kilometre due to lack of any means of transportation in the area.
The woman was later carried in a pickup van to Badadwara Sahi, from where she was again conveyed by the sling by the villagers in order to cross a river amid knee-deep water.
During the period, she gave birth to a baby girl which was found to be dead.
She was admitted to the Kalyansinghpur Community Health Centre (CHC) in a critical condition, the reports said.