Palghar: A 21-year-old pregnant tribal lady has died of sunstroke after strolling for seven kilometers from a village to go to a main well being heart (PHC) after which return residence in Maharashtra’s Palghar district, well being officers stated on Monday.
The incident happened on Friday when Sonali Waghat, from Osar Veera village in Dahanu taluka, walked for 3.5 km below the scorching solar to achieve a freeway close by from the place she took an auto-rickshaw to the Tawa PHC as she was not protecting effectively, Palghar district civil surgeon Dr. Sanjay Bodade informed PTI.
The lady, who was within the ninth month of being pregnant, was handled on the PHC and despatched residence. She once more walked for an additional 3.5 km again residence from the freeway amid the sweltering summer time warmth, he stated.
Later within the night, she developed well being problems and went to the Dhundalwadi PHC, from the place she was referred to the Kasa sub-divisional hospital (SDH) the place she was discovered to be in a “semi-comorbid condition,” the official stated.
Doctors handled her as she was working a excessive temperature and referred her to a specialty hospital at Dhundalwadi in Dahanu for additional remedy, he stated. However, she died en route in an ambulance and likewise misplaced her fetus, the physician stated.
She was not in labour ache and docs on the Kasa PHC had given her quick consideration. Since they may not deal with her as a consequence of her “semi-comorbid condition”, they referred her to a specialty hospital, he stated.
As the girl walked for seven km within the sizzling climate, it aggravated her situation and resulted in sunstroke and dying subsequently, the official stated. Dr. Bodade stated he visited the PHCs and the SDH and carried out an in depth probe into the incident.
Palghar Zilla Parishad president Prakash Nikam, who was on the Kasa SDH on Monday morning, informed PTI that the girl had anemia and an ASHA (accredited social well being activist) employee had introduced her to the SDH. The docs there checked her and gave her medicines, however in useless, he stated.
He stated the Kasa SDH doesn’t have an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and specialist docs to deal with such sufferers in situations of emergency. “Had these facilities been there, the tribal woman’s life could have been saved,” he stated. Nikam stated he’ll take up this difficulty at an applicable stage and guarantee such incidents don’t recur.
