Family alleges woman turned away, delivers in ambulance
A family has alleged that staff at Hyderabad’s Vanasthalipuram government hospital refused to admit a woman in labour because she lacked medical reports. The account has not been independently confirmed.
An alleged refusal of admission preceded an ambulance delivery, according to the family.
A family has alleged that a woman in labour was not admitted at Hyderabad’s Vanasthalipuram government hospital because she did not have medical reports, and later delivered inside an ambulance while being taken to another hospital.
The allegation was reported on September 7, citing the family. It says the woman was taken to the hospital on September 6, that staff advised the family to go elsewhere, and that she delivered during the journey. The family has demanded action against the hospital staff and doctors.
That is the available record. No hospital admission note, ambulance log, police complaint, health-department statement or response from the hospital has been located. The woman, the ambulance operator and the receiving hospital have not been identified in the report. The mother’s and baby’s condition has also not been independently confirmed.
The hospital and Telangana health department had not publicly responded as of publication. For now, the report establishes an allegation—not a finding of negligence. Government paperwork, at least, remains safely out of labour.