LJP (Ramvilas) slams denial of hospital care to pregnant tribal woman in U.P.’s Bhadohi
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The Lok Janshakti Party (Ramvilas) on Saturday (October 3, 2026) decried the local administration over the denial of admission to a pregnant tribal woman at the district hospital in Bhadohi in Uttar Pradesh, forcing her to deliver the baby on a roadside.
The incident was not a "lapse" but a "catastrophic failure of governance," the party, founded by the late Ram Vilas Paswan, a Dalit, said.
Rani Vanvasi, 20, was allegedly denied admission to Maharaja Chet Singh Government District Hospital on Monday (September 28) by the doctors, who said she was anaemic and there was no blood.
However, Ms. Rani's family alleged that doctors and a staff nurse refused to attend to her because she belongs to the Musahar tribal community.
Ms. Rani eventually delivered the baby out in the open on Tuesday night (September 29) with the help of women accompanying her.
A three-member inquiry team, constituted on the direction of the district magistrate, found four doctors and a nurse guilty of serious negligence.
LJP(RV) national spokesperson Ritesh Kumar said the Uttar Pradesh government should fix accountability and improve emergency care instead of making excuses.
"When a woman in labour is reportedly turned away from a government hospital and forced to give birth by roadside, this is not a 'lapse' — it is a catastrophic failure of governance," Mr. Kumar said on X.
"The @UPGovt administration owes public answers, accountability and functioning emergency care — not excuses. Shameful," he added.
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