India, Oct. 17 -- Three days after the family of a pregnant woman alleged that medical staff at Sohna sub-division hospital denied her ambulance service, the health department has taken cognisance of the lack of ambulances across the district. Officials on Thursday said that more emergency response vehicles would be deployed in the coming days to ensure a timely response to emergencies at hospitals.

Earlier, the father-in-law of the woman, Mahabeer Singh, a resident of Ward 18 in Sohna, had accused the hospital authorities of not providing any medical transport to Sanju Devi, who was heavily bleeding after delivering her baby at the hospital on September 21. During a 'Samadhan Shivir' or grievance redressal camp on Monday, Singh, a labou...