Two children die in UP as ambulances fail to show up

AGRA: Two children, one of them an infant, died late Sunday night in Firozabad as ambulances running under the Samajwadi ambulance service allegedly failed to respond to distress calls.

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Manish Asija, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Firozabad, has decided to raise the issue in the state assembly.

In separate instances, two girls — 14-year-old Rama Devi and three-month-old Priyanshi — were seriously ill.

They were referred to Agra for treatment. Despite distress calls, the ambulance service did not respond. As a result, both children died in Firozabad, their family members said.

Under the Samajwadi ambulance service, patients are assured of an ambulance within 10 minutes of dialling 108.