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Andhra Pradesh woman delivers baby on road after govt hospitals 'refuse help'

According to Mariyamma, the government hospital staff denied help after she claimed that she had no money for the treatment. The incident took place on Saturday (January 11) in Andhra Pradesh's Krishna district. The video is now viral on social media.

Krishna: On Saturday (January 11), a woman in Andhra Pradesh's Mylavaram town delivered a baby on the side of the road after she was reportedly denied assistance from a local government hospital.

The woman, Mariyamma, delivered the baby with the help of some passersby and local ladies.

In this video, several women are seen holding up a saree as a blind while the woman delivers the baby on the side of the road.

After Mylavaram MLA Vasanta Krishna Prasad found out about the incident, he immediately arranged for an ambulance and sent the woman and her newborn baby to a government hospital at Vijayawada.