India, Aug. 21 -- A 58-year-old woman died after the ambulance transporting her from a private hospital to Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Hospital in Rajasthan's Jaipur allegedly ran out of oxygen, and the driver abandoned the vehicle on New Sanganer Road, leaving her unattended on Wednesday night, police said.

According to the police, Shimla Devi had been suffering from scrub typhus for the last 10 days. "She was taken to the Advanced Multispeciality Hospital on Tuesday evening with a very high fever. The hospital admitted the patient but referred her to SMS Hospital when her condition deteriorated on Wednesday," said Inspector Gurubhupendra Singh of Jaipur's Muhana police station.

The Advanced Hospital in-charge GD Gupta said, "The woman was s...