Kashmiri woman’s relatives had to carry her all the way from the hilly terrain on a locally made stretcher and had to wait for 5 hours for a vehicle.
Anantnag: The passing of a 26-year-old Kashmiri expecting mother from Peer Panchal area of South Kashmir puts a question mark on the government facilities during the pandemic.
A resident of South Kashmir died in a hospital after giving birth to a stillborn at her home.
Masrat Jan’s relatives said that she died because they could not manage to reach the hospital on time due to the national lockdown. They had to carry the ailing woman all the way from the hilly terrain of Daulatabad to Manzmoh on a locally made stretcher and had to wait for around five hours for a vehicle that would take them to Quazigund Trauma Hospital.
Her relatives say, the delay cost Masrat her life.
He husband Reyaz Ahmed Mughloo said his wife went into labour at their residence. The couple had determined that Masrat would deliver her child at their home as they were concerned about the constraints in place due to the national lockdown.
However, things took a turn for the worse when she gave birth to a stillborn and her condition deteriorated.
The family decided to shift her to a hospital and took her on the stretcher for three kilometres. As they waited for hours, they phoned several distress and helpline numbers but got no response.
After they managed to reach the hospital, the doctors shifted her to the Maternity Childcare Hospital of Anantnag, where she passed away.
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A relative alleged that Masrat died due to the medical carelessness at Government Medical College Anantnag, where she was admitted with chest pain and other complications on May 7. But the doctors released her without proper treatment which may have resulted in the death of the mother and the child. Rashid said despite the complications, Masrat was not shifted to Maternity Childcare Hospital or any other tertiary care hospital and was permitted to go home.
The relatives claim that politicians, including former MLA’s of PDP and Congress, have toured this area many times and assured road connectivity ahead of elections only to fetch votes. Another relative of Masrat, Bashir Ahmed Laiwal, said that once the elections were over, nobody returned to the area, leaving the locals being deprived of basic amenities like healthcare and road infrastructure.
(Inputs from News18)
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