Kota: The falling healthcare system has apparently accounted for yet another life. This time, an elderly woman died after the ambulance did not turn up to carry her to the hospital on time.
Amid authorities focused on tackling COVID-19 crisis, a 71-year-old woman, who had multiple age-related ailments died on Saturday night after an alleged delay in the arrival of an ambulance from the emergency service response in Rajasthan's Kota district.
The incident was reported from MBS hospital in Nayapura village of the district. The deceased 71-year-old Sarita Devi belonged to Rampura village in Rajasthan's Kota district.
As per reports, the Sarita suddenly fell ill on Friday after which, she was examined by a family doctor, who gave her some medicines. But the impact of the medicines didn't stay much and her condition worsened on Saturday, following which, the family took her to a nearby hospital in a two-wheeler, as ambulance services did not respond.
"The doctors at MBS hospital in the region examined her and asked us to do her ECG, X-ray and other tests. As soon as we reached the hospital with reports, they referred my mother to a district hospital for better treatment," said Pankaj Goyal, son of the deceased.
"We starting arranging for an ambulance as her condition is critical, but nobody came to our aid. I ran from pillar to post to arrange for an ambulance, while all this was underway my mother breathed her last outside the OPD ward of the hospital on a stretcher," he said.
Pankaj alleged that his mother died due to negligence and delay in the arrival of an ambulance.
Earlier, a 60-year-old man died of asthma despite being rushed to a hospital in Kota, covering half the distance in a vegetable handcart, with policemen on the way and doctors in the hospital allegedly ignored his plight.
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