The TNM report claimed that the District Health Officer has been informed about the incident. | Photo Credit: Thinkstock

Bengaluru: A pregnant woman in Chitradurga District of Karnataka was forced to deliver her baby on a road after the doctors of Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) denied her treatment.

According to a report in The News Minute (TNM), the 30-year-old woman was identified as Gangamalamma, a resident of Chitrahalli village. She immediately rushed to PHC by her 35-year-old husband Chowdappa after she felt contractions. The couple rushed to the hospital at around 11 am but they were made to wait for an hour. The woman's ordeal did not end here, after a while a doctor and a nurse told the couple that to go home as it was lunchtime and the doctor cannot attend the patients.

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While returning home, the woman went into labour pains. The women travelling along with the couple helped to make a makeshift tent and help the woman deliver her baby. The baby had developed complications was admitted to the hospital.

Reportedly, after the incident, the villagers have been protesting outside the PHC and demanding strict action to be taken against the doctor and the nurse. The TNM report claimed that the District Health Officer has been informed about the incident.