J&K Govt Helps Move Pregnant Women, Patients To Hospitals In Snowbound State
Officials said over two dozen pregnant women were evacuated and shifted to hospitals in various areas of the Kashmir valley over the past four days.
PTI 06 January 2021 PTI Photo/S Irfan PTI 2021-01-06T17:25:33+05:30 J&K Govt Helps Move Pregnant Women, Patients To Hospitals In Snowbound State outlookindia.com 2021-01-06T18:03:01+05:30
Pregnant women and patients who needed to reach hospitals in snowbound Kashmir found a saviour in the government which pulled out all stops to help them.
On Tuesday, as many as 21 pregnant women some with complications were evacuated from the snow-bound areas of Anantnag district by synergizing the efforts of various departments like health, revenue, police, mechanical engineering department (MED), roads and buildings and PMGSY, the officials said.
Srinagar: Officials said that more than two dozen pregnant women were shifted to hospitals in various areas of Kashmir valley over the past four days. Most of these women are from south Kashmir areas which have experienced heavy snowfall, they said.
On Tuesday, as many as 21 pregnant women some with complications were evacuated from the snow-bound areas of Anantnag, the officials said.
They said all the women were safely shifted to sub-district hospital and other nearby public health centres and so far six of them have delivered babies at the hospitals, while the rest are under observation or undergoing treatment and stated to be out of danger.