In a shocking case of negligence, a 17-year-old minor girl delivered a child on the road, nearly 30 meters from the Chandil community health center, in neighbouring Seraikel-Kharsawan, on Tuesday morning.
According to reports, despite request there was delay in sending of ambulance for the girl who was crying in pain and delivered a girl child on the road and was later carried on an auto-rickshaw to the hospital.
Seraikela-Kharsawan civil surgeon, Dr A. P Sinha, confirmed the incident and said that they have started taking action.
Acting on the complaint, the driver of the ambulance has been removed for delay in arriving at the spot. The patient has been admitted at the hospital and both mother and infant are safe. The civil surgeon said that based on the statement of the girl she had an affair and has been deserted both by her lover and parents and used to work in a roadside eatery.
" We are really touched by the incident. However, we will take every step to ensure that the incident is not recurred," said another official.