January 19
A woman from Moori area of North Kashmir’s Kupwara district was forced to deliver on the road after doctors at Srinagar’s Lal Ded Hospital.
As pe reports, the doctors at LD Hospital did not allow her to stay in the hospital overnight and refused to admit her on Thursday.
Hami Zaman, the brother of the lady while speaking to The Indian Express on Friday said that that Suraya had developed labour pain on Thursday at home.
“With nearly 3-feet snow in the area, the road between Moori and Kalaroos, where the nearest hospital is located was difficult to travel to.”
He said that around 15 people put my sister on a charpoy and we walked for six hours to reach the hospital in Kalaroos which is around 14 km away.
Doctors at the Kalroos PHC referred her to Kupwara hospital, from where she was referred further to Lal Ded Hospital in Srinagar.
At Lal Ded, the family said, Suraya was kept under observation for a few hours.
However the Hospital authorities subsequently refused to admit her.
Zaman said, “At around 8.30 pm, my sister developed severe pain again and delivered a baby girl on the road. The newborn died immediately,” Zaman said.
Suraya Begum delivered a girl around 8.30 pm. The baby died soon after birth.
Dr Shabir Siddique, Medical Superintendent of Lal Ded, told The Indian Express that they have ordered an inquiry into the incident.