Bandipora, May 23 -- Suhail Rather

A pregnant woman delivered her baby inside a 108 ambulance just moments after being referred from District Hospital Bandipora to Srinagar, raising serious questions over the handling of the case by doctors on duty.

Kulsooma Begum, wife of Azad Ahmad Dar of Laharwalpora, was brought to the District Hospital Bandipora on Friday after developing pregnancy-related complications. According to family members, despite being in active labour pain and in a critical condition, she was referred to Srinagar for advanced treatment.

However, shockingly, the woman delivered the baby inside the ambulance immediately after stepping out from the main gate of the hospital, while still within the hospital premises.

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