Beena, a resident of Barmani village, decided to walk 20 km to Barhi community health centre when she went into labour, along with her husband, as the ambulance failed to arrive.

Her family members alleged that they had called the community health centre for an ambulance, but it didn’t come.

She reached Barhi town, but delivered a baby girl on the road, near a police station. The family members told mediapersons that the baby died as she fell to the ground.

However, the chief medical and health officer (CMHO) of the district Ashok Avadhia said the newborn could not survive as she was born prematurely, in the seven months of pregnancy.

Asked why no ambulance was sent, he said it wasn’t available at the Barhi community health centre. “Janani Express (108 ambulance service for pregnant women) is not under our control. It is made available through Bhopal. An inquiry had been ordered into the incident,” he said.

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