الأربعاء، 16 ديسمبر 2020

How does a pregnant woman get to hospital when there's no road? By stretcher ...

Women from the mountains of Uttarakhand in India have been guaranteed palanquins so that they can reach vital transport

Narendra Kumar is going to become a father in early January. His wife, Kavita, became pregnant two months after they got married in February and since then he has been worrying about getting her to hospital when the time comes.

It’s a steep three-kilometre walk along a narrow, unpaved mountain path through oak and rhododendron forests from their village of Gwalakot to the main road where they could pick up a car or ambulance to ferry them to hospital in Nainital.

There will be plenty of palanquins available and they will be in the right place at the right time

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from Pregnancy | The Guardian https://ift.tt/3r3qBhm

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