Occupied Jammu and Kashmir: Refusal to provide ambulance to a pregnant woman in Handwara

A pregnant woman was allegedly denied an ambulance at a hospital in Tartpura Welgam in north Kashmir's Handwara district. According to media reports, the pregnant woman's husband Muhammad Qasim said, "Doctors flatly refused to give us an ambulance when he was referred to Handwara District Hospital from Tartpura NTPHC Hospital."

(Latest newspaper from newstime-June 4- 2020)"When we asked the NTPHC management for a hospital vehicle to transport the pregnant woman to Handwara Hospital, they refused to provide the vehicle," he said. People are being treated like animals in TPHC Tartpura. He said that the doctors here referred his pregnant wife to Handwara District Hospital but flatly refused to provide her an ambulance. When a representative of South Asian Wire contacted BMO Welgam on the phone but could not be reached.