[VIDEO] TN: Pregnant woman carried 6 kms in cloth as ambulance fails to reach
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A pregnant woman in Erode had to be carried in a make-shift cloth cradle for 6 km as the ambulance could not reach her place due to poor road conditions as a result of the continuous rain the past one month.
The incident happened in the Burgur village in Erode and a video of the same that has been going viral shows the woman's husband and another man carrying her in a cradle made out of cloth tied to a bamboo pole. They reportedly carried her for around 6 km up to the Thamaraikarai-Bargur road after which she was loaded in a pick-up van and was carried to the hospital.
The woman gave birth to a baby boy on her way to the hospital. The mother and the baby are reported to be in a stable condition and are being administered antibiotics.
#WATCH Pregnant woman carried in a cloth cradle for 6 kms as ambulance couldn't reach due to lack of proper roads in Burgur, Erode. Woman's husband with villagers trekked to reach ambulance. She delivered a boy, yesterday, on way to hospital, mother & child are fine. #TamilNadu pic.twitter.com/AmIJ0MKG1R
— ANI (@ANI) December 4, 2019
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