India, May 15 -- A severe fuel shortage has disrupted emergency healthcare services in Odisha's Bonai subdivision, leaving 108 ambulance and Janani vehicle services virtually paralysed for the past three days and causing immense hardship to patients and pregnant women.

Patients, pregnant women struggle as 108 ambulances remain off roads The crisis, reportedly linked to the ongoing fuel shortage being witnessed in several parts of the country, has significantly affected emergency medical transportation in the accident-prone Bonai region of Sundargarh district. As ambulance services remain off the roads due to lack of diesel, critically ill patients are being forced to hire private vehicles to travel to hospitals in Rourkela and other plac...