Denied Entry to Hospital, Woman in India Delivers Baby on Road

Pregnant womanDeexa KhanduriSputnik correspondentAlthough it is not mandatory for private hospitals to admit all patients, generally, if a hospital refuses admission to any vulnerable patient or in the event of an emergency, the state government launches a probe. If found guilty, the hospital can even lose its license.A hospital in Tirupati, a district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh allegedly denied entry to a pregnant woman who was in labor pains at the time, forcing her to deliver the baby on the road right next to the hospital.In a viral video a woman is seen holding a bedsheet covering the mother-to-be, who is heard screaming in pain, while an unknown man helps her deliver the baby.