Bombay HC expresses concern over tribal lady shedding toddler twins as highway to medical facility not accessible
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MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday expressed concern over the incident in Maharashtra’s Palghar district whereby a tribal lady misplaced twins after supply as she couldn’t attain a well being centre in time within the absence of a correct highway.
A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice M S Karnik was listening to a bunch of public curiosity litigations (PILs) filed within the 12 months 2006 highlighting the excessive numbers of deaths of kids, pregnant ladies and lactating moms as a consequence of malnutrition within the Melghat area of east Maharashtra.
On Monday, a 26-year-old tribal lady from Mokhada in Palghar district, 155 km from Mumbai, needed to be carried in a makeshift stretcher to a medical centre.
The lady, who was seven months pregnant, went into labour prematurely.
She was later delivered to the Khodala PHC (public well being centre) in an ambulance from the primary highway.
She gave beginning to stillborn twins.
On Wednesday, the bench famous that it was involved about the truth that the variety of deaths of kids, pregnant ladies and circumstances of stillbirths shouldn’t be lowering.
“We read in newspapers today about the Palghar incident. The woman was taken to the hospital in a makeshift ‘Palki’ (stretcher) and by the time she reached the hospital the babies were dead,” Chief Justice Datta stated.
“This is in Palghar. We have been hearing this matter since the year 2006 and now we are in 2022. It has been 16 years. This court has been passing directions from time to time,” he added.
One of the petitioners, Bandya Sane, informed the excessive court docket that in tribal areas, primary medical services are nonetheless not accessible.
He added that medical doctors who’re appointed by the federal government to serve in these areas don’t report back to obligation.
Government pleader P P Kakade informed the excessive court docket that if medical doctors don’t report back to the areas assigned to them then a discover can be issued to them.
And in the event that they fail to reply, the medical doctors might be faraway from service.
The bench posted the matter for additional listening to on September 12.
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday expressed concern over the incident in Maharashtra’s Palghar district whereby a tribal lady misplaced twins after supply as she couldn’t attain a well being centre in time within the absence of a correct highway.
A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice M S Karnik was listening to a bunch of public curiosity litigations (PILs) filed within the 12 months 2006 highlighting the excessive numbers of deaths of kids, pregnant ladies and lactating moms as a consequence of malnutrition within the Melghat area of east Maharashtra.
On Monday, a 26-year-old tribal lady from Mokhada in Palghar district, 155 km from Mumbai, needed to be carried in a makeshift stretcher to a medical centre.
The lady, who was seven months pregnant, went into labour prematurely.
She was later delivered to the Khodala PHC (public well being centre) in an ambulance from the primary highway.
She gave beginning to stillborn twins.
On Wednesday, the bench famous that it was involved about the truth that the variety of deaths of kids, pregnant ladies and circumstances of stillbirths shouldn’t be lowering.
“We read in newspapers today about the Palghar incident. The woman was taken to the hospital in a makeshift ‘Palki’ (stretcher) and by the time she reached the hospital the babies were dead,” Chief Justice Datta stated.
“This is in Palghar. We have been hearing this matter since the year 2006 and now we are in 2022. It has been 16 years. This court has been passing directions from time to time,” he added.
One of the petitioners, Bandya Sane, informed the excessive court docket that in tribal areas, primary medical services are nonetheless not accessible.
He added that medical doctors who’re appointed by the federal government to serve in these areas don’t report back to obligation.
Government pleader P P Kakade informed the excessive court docket that if medical doctors don’t report back to the areas assigned to them then a discover can be issued to them.
And in the event that they fail to reply, the medical doctors might be faraway from service.
The bench posted the matter for additional listening to on September 12.
