women giving birth in the bushes
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One thousand rupees were demanded for admitting a woman who had come for delivery at the Iglas Community Health Center in Aligarh. He was refused admission for non-payment of Rs. The relatives were forced to deliver in the bushes near the CHC. The video of the incident is going viral on social media. Departmental officers are probing the matter.
Her family members reached the Community Health Center at around eight o’clock on Friday morning with the pregnant resident of Habuda Basti of the town. It is alleged that the female doctor and staff nurse present here demanded one thousand rupees for delivery. He was not admitted for not giving Rs. When the relatives started taking the pregnant woman to another place, she started having labor pains. The relatives got the delivery done in the bushes near the CHC. The video of the incident is going viral on social media. The husband of the child alleges that one thousand rupees were demanded for hospitalization. Action has been sought in the matter.
As soon as the episode came to notice, the pregnant woman was immediately sent to Aligarh for treatment in an ambulance in critical condition. During the investigation in relation to the incident, the facts have come that the maternity had come for the first time. He was being sent to Aligarh due to some complication. The family was not ready for this. They took the pregnant woman out of the hospital. Deputy CMO Rahul Sharma is probing the matter. If the allegations of the relatives of the child are confirmed, then departmental action will be taken against the concerned. -Doctor. Rohit Rathi, Community Health Center in-charge
