A flooding situation at two recently-inaugurated Maternal and Child Health (MCH) centres in Telangana prompted authorities to shift patients to safety around Tuesday midnight. Over 100 patients from MCH Centre in Mancherial were shifted to the Government General Hospital in the district. Three others at the Manthani centre in Pedapalli were moved to a community health facility.
The two centres had been inaugurated in the past two months.
At Mancherial, the MCH centre is located around 300 meters from the Godavari. Due to excess rains, water from the river surrounded the health facility. Over 100 patients including pregnant women, new mothers along with their newborns and even young children admitted to the hospital were shifted to Government General Hospital, said the MCH superintendent P. Harishchandra.
