PALAKKAD: A tribeswoman had a normal delivery in an ambulance in the middle of the wildlife-infested forest enroute to the Kottathara tribal specialty hospital in Attapadi in the early hours on Monday.
Radha (27), wife of Eswaran of Dhondigaddi tribal hamlet at Palaur in Attapadi, delivered a baby girl at 01:40am on Monday. The ambulance became the labour room and a medical technician and the ambulance driver assisted her.
The ambulance was called at midnight when she suffered labour pain and required urgent hospitalization.
The ambulance was sent from Kottathara tribal specialty hospital and emergency medical technician Jinto Jose and driver KM Lineesh took it to the remote tribal hamlet with great risk. But the ambulance couldn't reach the hamlet due to the damaged road. So they carried the woman on a stretcher to the ambulance.
On the way to the hospital, when the ambulance reached Cheerakadavu her condition became very serious and they couldn't move ahead. The ambulance was stopped in the middle of the forest where it was turned into a temporary labour room. The mother and infant were taken to Kottathara hospital where they were admitted.
