Pregnant Woman Walks 7 Km To Reach Hospital In Maharashtra, Dies Of Heat Stroke
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The woman, who was in the ninth month of pregnancy, was treated at the PHC and sent home. She again walked for another 3.5 km back home from the highway amid the sweltering summer heat, he said.
A 21-year-old pregnant tribal woman has died of sunstroke after walking for seven kilometres from a village to go to a primary health centre (PHC) and then return home in Maharashtra's Palghar district, health officials said on Monday.
The incident took place on Friday when Sonali Waghat, from Osar Veera village in Dahanu taluka, walked for 3.5 km under the scorching sun to reach a highway nearby from where she took an auto-rickshaw to the Tawa PHC as she was not keeping well, Palghar district civil surgeon Dr Sanjay Bodade told PTI.
The woman, who was in the ninth month of pregnancy, was treated at the PHC and sent home. She again walked for another 3.5 km back home from the highway amid the sweltering summer heat, he said.
Later in the evening, she developed health complications and went to the Dhundalwadi PHC, from where she was referred to the Kasa sub-divisional hospital (SDH) where she found to be in a "semi-comorbid condition," the official said.
