Uri: Locals of Boniyar in frontier north Kashmir’s Baramulla district ferried an expecting woman on a cot to the nearest health center as the roads leading to some areas remain closed for vehicular traffic amid ongoing snowfall.
The woman, a resident of Hillan Phalipora was carried by several men of her neighbourhood on a cot, after she complained of labour pain.
Husband of the expecting woman Mohammad Saleem Khattana told GNS that they informed PHC Boniyar to send a vehicle to carry her however due to closure of link road they (hospital staff) could not reach to take the woman to the health facility.
Sensing the exigency, I along with several of my neighbourhood people carried her on a cot upto five kilometres from where we boarded the hospital vehicle, he said.
Urging the authorities to clear the snow clogged roads, Khattana seconded by several others asked for restoration of roads to avoid any difficulty to the patients and commoners alike.
Meanwhile locals news agency, GNS, quoted BMO Boniyar Dr. Pervaiz Masoodi saying that directions have been already passed to all officials concerned to evacuate all the women expecting deliveries’ in coming days to avert any emergency.
Medical Officer said that they had asked (this) woman to get herself admitted but she didn’t agree.
