Overwhelmed & understaffed delivery wards, 53 deaths in a year: MP district is Ground Zero for maternal mortality
Their average age was 26; the youngest was 19. Between April 2025 and March 2026, 53 women died before, during or after childbirth in a single district in Madhya Pradesh. The rising toll had not gone unnoticed — the state's Directorate of Public Health and Medical Education had highlighted it through letters, calls, WhatsApp messages and review meetings. And yet,…
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