Pregnant Thane woman taken to hospital after 12 hours

THANE: A 32-year-old pregnant woman from Chandanwadi and her five-year-old daughter who tested positive to Covid-19 were allegedly made to wait for nearly 12 hours, till Thursday night, before the Thane civic body could arrange an ambulance to ferry them to hospital.
Neighbours and relatives called for the vehicle at 11.30am.
“Her husband tested positive few days back and her report came positive on Thursday. It was appalling to see them wait. Basic facilities are lacking,” said BJP corporator Narayan Pawar, who will approach chief minister Uddhav Thackeray.
Congress ex-corporator Sanjay Ghadigaonkar said TMC was doing little for mitigation of the pandemic.
Civic officials said they had four ambulances for a population of 22 lakh. “After each trip, vehicles are sanitised, which is adding to delay,” said officials. Cabinet minister and Thane guardian minister Eknath Shinde directed TMC to deploy 10 ambulances on contract basis.