With a billion people and dead bodies floating in the river and cows all over the place....what a nightmare.
Pretty sad story but nothing more than what I would expect from government run healthcare. The greedy government was happy to take in tax dollars and provide no service and the private hospital was expensive (likely more expensive than necessary due to govt. interference) but able to save the mother and child. The lesson should be that those who would force you into government healthcare are basically murderers.
Welcome to FR, and congratulations on your second post.
Not every hospital is equipped with neo-natal intensive care units (NICU). Nor would it make economic sense.
It would be nice if the story provided some precise information as to how far along the pregnancy actually was, as a single week can make a tremendous difference at that point. See chart below.
http://miscarriage.about.com/od/pregnancyafterloss/a/prematurebirth.htm