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Singrauli Residents Walk 1.5 km as Ambulance Serves as Stretcher for Patient
✍️ Amar Ujala · Madhya Pradesh
🗓 15 Nov 2026, 05:18 PM
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In Singrauli, an ambulance was reduced to a makeshift stretcher for a patient, prompting relatives to walk about 1.5 kilometres to reach the nearest road.
Local authorities in Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh, faced criticism after a patient was transferred on a stretcher fashioned from an ambulance. The vehicle, intended for emergency transport, lacked basic medical equipment, forcing caregivers to improvise.
Family members of the patient reported that they had to walk roughly one and a half kilometres on foot to locate a usable road, highlighting gaps in the town’s emergency response infrastructure. Their trek underscored the difficulty of accessing timely medical assistance in the area.
The incident has sparked calls for a review of the district’s health services and the implementation of reliable ambulance fleets. Officials have yet to comment on the specific circumstances that led to the makeshift arrangement.
Family members of the patient reported that they had to walk roughly one and a half kilometres on foot to locate a usable road, highlighting gaps in the town’s emergency response infrastructure. Their trek underscored the difficulty of accessing timely medical assistance in the area.
The incident has sparked calls for a review of the district’s health services and the implementation of reliable ambulance fleets. Officials have yet to comment on the specific circumstances that led to the makeshift arrangement.