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This special report highlights a shocking incident of healthcare apathy from Darbhanga, Bihar, where a woman was forced to transport her critically ill husband to a hospital on a handcart. The report explores the conflicting claims, as the woman stated no ambulance was available, while hospital authorities asserted no request was ever made. ‘[T]he hospital authorities had to claim that there was no request for an ambulance that was made, but on the other side, this woman had to bring in her ill husband in a cart, that is the level of apathy that we are speaking of in Darbhanga’. The incident is made more poignant as it unfolded near the residence of Santosh Sani, the brother of Vikashil Insaan Party (VIP) chief Mukesh Sani. Mukesh Sani is a prominent figure in the Mahagathbandhan alliance in Bihar. This story questions the state of emergency medical services in Bihar.
