Shocking! Woman gives birth on road after husband unable to pay bribe

A shocking case came to light when a pregnant woman gave birth on the road in Uttar Pradesh's Agra city, after being turned away from the Runkata Primary Health Center (PHC) by the nurse on duty. As her husband could not pay the bribe demanded by the nurse.

The woman has been identified as Naina Devi, who is a resident of Lakhanpur village in Runkata. The entire incident has been sent to the state government for action against the concerned doctor and pharmacist. 

As per India Today reports, soon after this case was brought into notice, Agra administration, Chief Medical Officer Agra Dr. Mukesh Vatsa said that the services of the duty nurse Sarita Singh have been terminated, while Dr. Supriya Jain and Pharmacist Sonu Goyal, posted on the PHC have been removed from the center and attached to the district office.

While talking to India Today, Shyam Singh, the husband of Naina Devi, said that he had brought his wife to the PHC at 7:00 am after she began to have labour pains. The nurse Sarita Singh demanded bribe to admit his wife in the health center.

When he expressed inability to pay the bribe as he had no money, he was pushed out of the PHC along with his wife. He requested the nurse to call the ambulance so that he can take his wife to the district hospital but she told him to call 102 and wait for the ambulance.

After the long wait, Shyam Singh who had barely walked 20 meters from the PHC with his wife when she collapsed from extreme pain and gave birth to a boy with the help of some local women on the road, Shyam Singh told India Today.

Currently, both woman and child are said to be stable.