Pregnant tribal woman dies after walking 20km for doctor in Visakhapatnam district

Visakhapatnam: In a tragic incident, a pregnant tribal woman has died after walking around 20km to consult a doctor due to lack of proper road in Vizag agency areas.

This incident happened last week but came into focus on Sunday. The victim identified as Lakshmi (28) a native of the hamlet of Jamadangi, an interior area, to Boyithi in Madugula Mandal died due to excessive bleeding.

After consulting an RMP doctor, she began to walk back to her village, while on the way she developed labour pains.

Though the relatives carried her for some distance in a makeshift stretcher, she and her unborn child died due to excess bleeding. Over the incident, the officials have submitted a report to higher authorities.