In Video: Man Seen Carrying Pregnant Woman Across Stream To Reach Hospital; Netizens React

Hyderabad: A viral video is taking rounds on social media, where a group of tribal people are seen crossing an heavy flowing stream from an overflowing dam as a man carries a pregnant woman on his shoulder to transport her to the hospital.

The Viral Video

The video is from a small village, Pinjarikonda village, with an inhabited tribal population located in Andhra Pradesh's Alluri district. This viral video has made netizens furious about the lack of basic infrastructure and facilities.

They know very well that crossing the overflowing stream carrying the pregnant woman on shoulder is highly risky.
They also know that not taking her to hospital is also equally risky.
Pinjarikonda village,
Addateegala block in Alluri district, #AndhraPradesh#TribalLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/YIeEpeaOoK

— P Pavan (@PavanJourno) September 27, 2024

The viral post expresses the sentiments of the tribals left helpless because of a lack of infrastructure, as they are forced to choose a do-or-die situation where they understand crossing the overflowing stream while carrying the pregnant woman is as dangerous and risky as not been able to admit the woman to hospital soon.

Government Schemes For Pregnant Tribal Women

Prime Minister's Matru Vandana Scheme (PMMVY)

The PMMVY initiative, established in 2022, pledges to offer monetary rewards to expectant mothers and nursing women to offset some of their lost income and encourage hospital births.

Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY)

The JSY is a government-funded scheme for enhancing maternal healthcare. The program offers financial aid and combines support during and after childbirth. The JSY program is a secure initiative for maternal health supported by the National Health Mission. The aim is to lower maternal and neonatal deaths by encouraging poor pregnant women to choose institutional delivery.

Anganwadi Services

Offers a set of services to pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers, such as extra nutrition, health teachings, vaccines, and health examinations.

YSR Sampoorna Poshana and YSR Sampoorna Poshana Plus

Schemes that provide take-home ration facilities to those women who are pregnant women and are lactating mothers.

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Recent Similar Incident

In July 2022, a pregnant woman in labour from a tribal hamlet in a flood-affected Bhadradri Kothagudem district had to be carried on a 'doli' over a flooded stream to reach the ambulance. Due to lack of road connectivity, the ambulance had to wait 2 km away. In a similar event in Adilabad district, a woman had to be transported on a bullock cart near a stream for childbirth.

Chandrababu Naidu had pointed fingers at the YSR Congress Party for detrimental the lives of tribals in the state and had ordered officials to reintroduce feeder ambulances so the locals do not have to resort to 'doli' in future instances.

WATCH: Men Carry Pregnant Tribal Woman To Hospital In Makeshift Stretcher, Cross Neck-Deep River In Palghar

Furious Netizens

Netizens have been seen tagging official accounts of the Andhra Pradesh government and chief minister in the comment section of the viral post. Netizens are also tagging the X account of actor turned Pawan Kalyan, Minister of Environment, Forests, Science, and Technology of Andhra Pradesh, as he recently expressed strong sentiments in the Tirumala ladu prasadam adulteration case, calling out his priorities as an Andhra Pradesh minister.

The first priority in AP is reportedly laddu.
The rest can wait.

— Paurav: (@porendra) September 27, 2024

There was a scheme in Andhra Pradesh where pregnant tribal women for whom accessibility is an issue used to stay in tribal welfare hostels until the delivery.I don't know if that scheme is still going on or not

— Sandeep Rokkam (@13cda4ca1add46c) September 28, 2024

But Dy CM and CM are busy with such important things which can't be described....@AndhraPradeshCM @ncbn @PawanKalyan wake up and do your work...

— . (@Mo_mo1797) September 27, 2024

After bragging so much on INFRASTRUCTURE...and spending lakhs of crires every year...we still don't have basic infrastructure...what are local MPs and MLAs doing...just sleeping...they get 1 crore per year under MPLAD scheme...where the money goes

— shiv kumar gupta (@skgupta07) September 28, 2024

नए भारत की यह तस्वीर देखकर मन विचलित हो जाता है आज भी हमारे देश में दुरांचल के गांव में हालात सामान्य नहीं है

— Adarsh Katiyar (@AdarshPCC) September 27, 2024

My only point is while they construct dam! Why don’t they create another layer with slotted structure where top becomes walk bridge and below will enable to out go over flow water

— Ashish Mahendra (@ashi_mahe) September 28, 2024

It’s a powerful and tragic situation highlighting the tough choices faced by people in remote, underdeveloped regions. The dilemma between risking life to cross a dangerous stream and the equally serious risk of not getting urgent medical care emphasizes the critical need for…

— Banwari Lal - Bairwa (Civil Engineer) (@B_L__VERMA) September 27, 2024

The persons responsible for taking care of the state are busy with checking laddu quality now ,these small things may not be important enough .
Human lives can't take priority over God 🙏

— D (@Deb_livnletliv) September 27, 2024

This breaks my heart to see the condition of some of our people go through on daily basis.. surely they need to be addressed ASAP.. why not built a bridge or construct an hospital???

— shraz (@Shahraz82) September 27, 2024

And they say they made Bangalore hi tech city. The in charge minister should take steps to put a bridge for goods

— Vyshaka (@vyshaka) September 27, 2024

@PawanKalyan @ncbn @naralokesh connectivity to these areas is utmost important . Till then if we can keep temporary medical camps making it compulsory for the final year students to work for 6months at these camps after completion under supervision. This will solve many problems

— Alone Mast (@GjyanandamD) September 28, 2024