SRIKAKULAM: A pregnant tribal woman was carried in a makeshift stretcher (in local parlance Doli) all the way to get a medical convoy (ambulance). However, she gave birth to a baby boy in the hilly area on the way.
The incident took place near Guda village under Kerasingi Panchayat of Meliaputti Mandal in Srikakulam district on Sunday.
The incident once again exposed the absence of pucca roads to the remote tribal hamlets of north coastal Andhra Pradesh comprising Vizag, Vizianagaram and Srikakulam districts which continues to be a major problem for the people in the hilly areas. They have to carry pregnant women in "dolis" over long distances to reach the nearest road point, which could be reached by an ambulance.
