Pregnant woman video goes viral

Palakkad, June 07: In a shocking incident, A pregnant woman in Kerala was carried by her family in a bedsheet tied to poles for 7 km on Tuesday as the nearest hospital didn't send an ambulance saying there are no roads.

In footage that is in wide circulation on social media, four men walk barefoot on what appears to be a slippery and rock-filled track along a river as they carry the woman.

Due to the non-availability of the ambulance, the 27-year-old woman from Palakkad's Attapadi village had to be carried on a stretcher made of a bedsheet and tied to logs, hospital sources said.



The incident has led to an outrage and sparked a debate after footage of her journey, aired by television channels, went viral on social media.

In the video footage, six family members of the pregnant woman can be seen accompanying her as she is carried on shoulders with the help of wooden logs.

The woman was taken to the government tribal hospital at Kottathara on Tuesday where she delivered a baby girl. Both mother and daughter are fine, the sources said.