Woman forced to deliver at hospital reception due to doctors’ strike

In a shocking case in Madhya Pradesh, a woman was forced to give birth to a baby in front of the reception a Bhopal district hospital due to a daylong doctors strike.

More than 3,000 doctors and 35,000 employees in government hospitals are on strike across the state. Ironically, the doctors are protesting a medical negligence case that was lodged in Seoni earlier this month.

The essential services maintenance act has been imposed.