Archive · 21 Aug 2025
Gujarat Officials Probe Rural Healthcare Access for Pregnant Women
In Gujarat, India, pregnant women in remote villages are sometimes carried in cloth stretchers to reach ambulances.
The Chief Minister is looking into this.
Officials went to a village to learn more, but the roads were bad, and they had to walk a long way.
When they got there, the woman wasn't home, so they talked to the neighbors to find out what happened.
Gujarat Chief Minister sought a report regarding pregnant women being carried in cloth stretchers.
Officials visited Khenda village to investigate an incident from June.
Officials had to walk three kilometers on a difficult road to reach the village.
The officials did not find the woman at her house.
Officials gathered details from villagers about the situation.
- Who
- Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, District Health department officials, pregnant women, villagers
- What
- Officials investigated the transportation of pregnant women in stretchers and challenges of healthcare access.
- When
- June (incident under investigation), recently (investigative visit)
- Where
- Chhota Udepur district, Khenda village, Gujarat
- Why
- To gather information on the difficulties faced by pregnant women in accessing healthcare.
- Location
- Chhota Udepur district, Gujarat, India
- Incident
- Pregnant women transported via cloth stretchers
- Investigation Trigger
- Chief Minister's request for a report
- Road Condition
- Unmotorable path for part of the journey
- Officials' Task
- Gathering information from villagers