A 36-year-old woman, suffering from anaemia, on Tuesday gave birth to a child on a road in Fatehgarh Sahib of Punjab, but the infant died soon after the birth.
The family members of the woman, working as a labourer in Fatehgarh Sahib, have alleged that she did not get proper health facilities, which led to the tragedy.
After giving birth to the child, the condition of the woman deteriorated. She was taken to Civil Hospital, Fatehgarh Sahib from where she was referred to a Patiala based hospital.
The woman, who lives in Sanghol village, is originally a resident of Uttar Pradesh's Kayampur Majra village.
Her husband Rajinder Kumar, who is also a labourer, told media persons that his wife was being treated at Sanghol based Public Health Centre, but doctors there referred her to Civil Hospital, Khamano, saying she was suffering from anaemia.
On reaching Khamano Civil Hospital, the doctors examined her and referred her to Civil Hospital, Fatehgarh Sahib to treat her anaemic condition. The couple later returned home on Monday.
Rajinder said his wife had labour pain on Monday night, and on Tuesday morning when the couple left for Sanghol-based health centre, the woman gave birth to a child on road, but the infant died shortly.
"She did not get proper health facilities which led to the tragedy," her husband alleged.
When media persons contacted Sanghol-based health centre in-charge Dr Rashmi, she said the woman had severe anaemia, and so she was referred to another government hospital from where she was referred to Civil Hospital, Fatehgarh Sahib for blood transfusion.
"But the woman was taken to home not to hospital," the doctor said.