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In yet another grim reminder of Odisha's rural infrastructure crisis, two separate incidents from Nabarangpur district have once again exposed the dire consequences of poor road connectivity during medical emergencies, especially for expectant mothers in labour.
The latest occurred in Barajodi village under Tentulikhunti block, where a pregnant woman had to be carried on a cot for over two kilometres to reach the ambulance.
Sources reported that the woman's family had called for emergency help after she went into labour, but due to the inaccessible, broken road, the ambulance could only reach within a 2 km radius of the village...