child, a man walked through forest for about
40km in heavy rains carrying the ailing woman
on his shoulders to get her to a hospital, India.
The tribal youth, Ayyappan,
carried his seven-month
pregnant wife, Sudha set off
for the hospital from the
Konni forests on Tuesday
last week.
Ayappan walked to
Kokkathod, said to be about
40km from the place he was
staying in the forest, and
then managed to get a jeep
to take his wife to
Pathnamthitta district
hospital from where she was
referred to Kottayam
medical college hospital as she had convulsions.
"The woman's life had been saved since she was
carried all the way, but the baby could not be saved.
Labour was induced for the delivery of the dead
foetus," Dr Kunjamma Roy, head of the Gynaecology
department of the Kottayam Medical college hospital
told PTI.
The delivery was on Wednesday and the mother is
recovering, she said.
When the woman was brought to the hospital, she
had oedema, high blood pressure and convulsions.
Convulsions during pregnancy can affect both
mother and child, Dr Roy said.
The couple were living in the Konni forests and eked
out a living by selling honey and various other
products from the forest.
As media reports came in about the couple, offers of
financial assistance have started pouring in.
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