A woman in labor has been rescued by helicopter from the mountainous district of Dolpa. Bishnukumari Dangi, 30, of Thulibheri Municipality-9, who was in critical condition due to a stuck umbilical cord, was rescued by a Nepal Army helicopter on Wednesday.

At the initiative of Dolpa Chief District Officer Junu Dhakal, Dangi was rescued through the Presidential Air Rescue Program and sent to the Provincial Hospital in Surkhet for further treatment.

Tulsi Shah, a doctor at the District Hospital in Dolpa, said that she was referred after the umbilical cord did not grow for a long time even after giving birth.