BHOPAL: A 20-year-old malaria patient being ferried to the hospital in an ambulance died after the driver stopped en route after allegedly spotting a leopard in Madhya Pradesh's Balaghat district on Monday. The patient's kin accused the ambulance driver and medical attendant of demanding extra money to resume the journey. Health officials filed a police complaint, following which the accused duo was arrested Tuesday. The patient, Gayatri Uikey, a resident of Jatta village in Birsa block - about 95km from Balaghat district HQ - had been admitted to Birsa CHC on Sunday evening. When her condition worsened, doctors referred her to Balaghat district hospital. The ambulance left the CHC around 10pm but reached the district hospital only around 12.15am - a journey that normally takes just

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