<p>Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Jun 10 (ANI): A pregnant woman from Kotauratla village in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam district was carried to a hospital on a makeshift cloth stretcher by her relatives on Saturday as an ambulance allegedly could not come to pick her up due to bad road connectivity.</p><p>After the pregnant woman got labour pains on Friday, her relatives dialled 108 for an ambulance since the nearest hospital was 10 kilometres away.</p><p>When the service denied their request due to poor connectivity, her relatives carried her on foot on a makeshift cloth stretcher for 6 km and the rest 4 km was covered in an auto-rickshaw.</p><p>The constituency's MLA, Anitha of Telugu Desam Party (TDP), was unavailable for any comments on this issue.</p><p>Gynaecologist Dr Sunitha said these things keep on happening due to unavailability of a health minister in the state.</p><p>"It is high time that the government immediately appoint a health minister," she said.</p><p>More than half of the tribal population residing in the district are cut off from medical facilities due to poor road connectivity. (ANI)</p><br/><center><em><p>This story has not been edited. It has been published as provided by ANI</p></em></center>
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