Centre In Touch With Family Of Pregnant Indian Woman Who Died In Portugal

The 34-year-old suffered a cardiac arrest during an ambulance transfer from Santa Maria hospital, which had no vacancies in the neonatology service, to another hospital.

India on Thursday described as "unfortunate" the death of an Indian pregnant woman in Portugal and said it was in touch with her family. 

The woman died while she was being shifted between crisis-hit hospitals in Lisbon.

"This is an unfortunate incident. We are in touch with her family," External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said at a media briefing in New Delhi.