India, Sept. 1 -- Jagatsinghpur: Tension prevailed as irate locals vandalised a private ambulance carrying a 58 year-old female patient after she succumbed on the way to the hospital in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district today. The damaged vehicle has been detained at Jagatsinghpur police station. While the exact cause of death is still not established, family members alleged that the woman died due to unavailability of oxygen in the ambulance.
As per reports, the patient, identified as Kamala Panda of Brahmanakhanda village under Aula panchayat here, had complained of chest pain. She was first rushed to the district headquarters hospital. But when her condition deteriorated and Kamala was referred to SCB Medical College and Hospital, famil...