Nearly a thousand women in labour were rushed to hospitals in police control room (PCR) vehicles last year, and a majority of these cases were reported during the lockdown when most vehicles were off the road, Delhi Police said on Sunday.
Nine women who delivered babies in a PCR van while being shifted to hospitals are been invited as guests to an event at Delhi Police headquarters on the occasion of International Women’s Day on March 8, officials said on Sunday.
According to the police, its PCR unit shifted 997 pregnant women to various hospitals in 2020 during the lockdown and in nine such cases, deliveries took place in the PCR vans.
Besides, 21 women police officers will also be felicitated for their commendable work during the COVID-19 pandemic and other spheres, police said, adding that 15 other women, who acted as good samaritans and helped police perform various duties during the pandemic will also be honoured.
During the lockdown, when all modes of transport were suspended and ambulance service was also not available, staff of the PCR van provided invaluable service to hapless women, police said.
Citing some of the instances, the police said on the evening of March 4 last year, a PCR Mobile Patrol Van (MPVs) staff received a call that a woman named Pooja was in labour pain and needed immediate medical assistance at Panchvati near Mandi Park in Palam.
