Bilaspur: When 50-year-old Faghni Bai contracted diarrhoea, was down with high fever and started vomiting, she was in Naxal-affected Dantewada, a highly sensitive area sans transportation and road connectivity. However, help arrived in the form of an ambulance and made it to the hospital just in time and saved the life of an elderly woman.
The unavailability of roads and bridges makes it extremely difficult for villagers to reach hospitals in cases of emergency. But on Sunday, the case was different as the ambulance arrived on time, facing obstacles due to rough roads, and took Faghni Bai to the hospital where she is undergoing treatment now.
When the health condition of the woman started exacerbating on Sunday, the locals immediately called up the ambulance. The medical team, paramedical staff Ashok Singh, emergency medical technician (EMT or ambulance technician) Priyanka Sahoo left for Gaur Khed village and carried Faghni Bai to the hospital despite facing hurdles in their way.
The ambulance had to make its way through rivers and rough roads but it was successful in reaching the village on time.
Dantewada villager told ETV Bharat, "The ambulance can reach villages during summers. In 2020 too, we called an ambulance and this is the second time, a medical team is coming to our village. It takes 10 km to reach Pulia. We had carried patients on cycles and bikes and made our way to the hospitals in the past."
The locals said that unavailability of road and bridges in the village has delayed reaching of medical services to the village many times and the issue has been raised before the administration too.
