LJP(RV) seeks accountability after pregnant woman gives birth outside Bhadohi hospital

The Lok Janshakti Party (Ramvilas) has condemned the reported denial of hospital admission to a pregnant tribal woman in Bhadohi, Uttar Pradesh, after she gave birth outside the district hospital. The party has demanded accountability from the State government and improvements in emergency care. The incident involved Rani Vanvasi, 20, who was allegedly refused admission to Maharaja Chet Singh Government District Hospital on September 28.

Doctors reportedly told her that she was anaemic and that blood was unavailable. Her family, however, alleged that doctors and a staff nurse refused to attend to her because she belonged to the Musahar tribal community. Rani eventually delivered her baby in the open on the night of September 29, with help from women accompanying her.

A three-member inquiry team formed on the direction of the district magistrate found four doctors and a nurse guilty of serious negligence, according to the report. The source material does not specify the action taken against those named in the inquiry. Ritesh Kumar, national spokesperson for the Lok Janshakti Party (Ramvilas), said the incident represented a major failure of governance rather than an isolated lapse.

He called on the Uttar Pradesh government to establish responsibility and ensure functioning emergency services. “When a woman in labour is reportedly turned away from a government hospital and forced to give birth by roadside, this is not a ‘lapse’ — it is a catastrophic failure of governance,” Mr. Kumar said in a post on X.

He said the administration owed the public answers and accountability instead of excuses. The party, founded by the late Ram Vilas Paswan, described the case as especially serious because it involved access to emergency maternal care and allegations concerning a member of a tribal community. The report records the inquiry team’s finding of negligence but does not provide a response from the hospital, the doctors or the Uttar Pradesh government to the allegations.