Pregnant women here prefer ‘home delivery’ as they trust self-claimed midwives more than a distant PHC

Konda Reddi tribal women depend on them as the nearest PHC is 12 km away and another about 40 km away, while the government hospital, where a gynaecologist is available, in Chintoor can be accessed only after traversing about 70 km through the Naxalite-hit forest cover on the Andhra-Odisha border