PM orders airlift of pregnant women left fighting for life in Mugu

Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai has ordered officials to airlift two Mugu women who have been in labour for the past few days, and are fighting for life.

Bhattarai has ordered officials to send a chopper to ferry Chhiring Lama (40) and Usha Khadka (29) to the Capital, where they can receive medical care, informed PM's aide Biswodeep Pandey.

The news comes as media reports said that the two women have been in labour for the past five days. Reports had said that the district hospital has expressed inability to treat the women. Similarly, the district's airport has not been able to come into regular operation due to bad weather. nepalnews.com