Palakkad (Kerala) June 6 (IANS) A nine-month pregnant tribal woman in Kerala had to be carried to hospital in a makeshift stretcher made of a bed sheet tied to logs as no ambulance was available reports said on Wednesday. She later delivered a baby girl.
The incident took place on Tuesday afternoon in Attapadi village -- the biggest tribal settlement in the state but yet to have proper roads.
The visuals of a group of tribal men and women carrying the woman across a stream were aired by a TV channel on Wednesday afternoon.
After crossing the stream the people waited for an ambulance at a point where the motorable road starts.
When the ambulance did not come despite a long wait they continued to walk on till they managed to get a private vehicle which transported them to the hospital.
Responding to the incident authorities said the ambulance was under repair.

--IANS sg/him/vd