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Woman delivers stillborn baby as flood delays medical help in Kolhapur district
Kolhapur: A seven-month pregnant woman from Borbet village in Kolhapur's Gaganbawda tehsil delivered a stillborn baby on Tuesday after she was unable to receive immediate medical treatment due to flooding.
When the 28-year-old woman went into labour, she was carried in a makeshift stretcher through floodwaters that had entered the highway at Mandukli village, on the Kolhapur-Gaganbawda National Highway, in an attempt to reach the CPR Hospital in Kolhapur city. However, the delay in treatment caused by the floods resulted in the stillbirth of the seven-month infant.
District health officer Aniruddh Pimpale said, "We monitor pregnant women residing in remote areas, and this woman from Borbet, named Kalpana Dukare, had just entered her third trimester.
After she started experiencing labour pains on Tuesday, she was taken to the rural hospital at Gaganbawda in an 108 ambulance. However, as it was a premature delivery case and the baby would have required shifting to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) after delivery, the doctor concerned advised taking the patient to the CPR Hospital.
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Accordingly, the woman was transported on an 108 ambulance, but the flooded highway obstructed the journey.
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"Our staff members, along with the woman's relatives, carried Kalpana in a stretcher, wading through the floodwaters on foot to pass the flooded stretch. Another 108 ambulance arrived on the other side of the flooded highway section, but the woman delivered a stillborn baby en route at Kokurle village. She has been hospitalised at CPR Hospital and is in a stable condition now.
Further inquiry into the case is going on," added Pimpale.
Over the past three to four days, heavy rainfall has lashed the dam catchments and hilly areas of Kolhapur district, leading to increased discharge from the dams. Traffic movement towards the southern side of Konkan via various routes through Kolhapur district has been affected due to incessant rain and floods. This is likely to hit the supply of vegetables, fish, and other essential products.
Vehicular traffic on the Kolhapur-Gaganbawda highway, part of the Kolhapur-Vaibhavwadi-Talere National Highway 166G, was shut on Tuesday morning as floodwaters rose at Mandukli village, about 35km from Kolhapur city.
This highway is preferred by travellers going towards the southern side of Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg.
Meanwhile, the Nipani-Devgad state highway has become inundated at Fejiwade village, causing traffic movement through this road to come to a standstill.
Prasad Sankpal, the head of Kolhapur district disaster management, said, "Out of the three routes to reach southern Konkan and Goa, currently only Amboli Ghat is available. The closest route to reach Sindhudurg is via Bhuibavda and Karul Ghat. However, due to heavy rain, there have been incidents of landslides in these places. At the same time, the other route via Phonda Ghat is shut."
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