Deaths of Bajhang mum and newborn expose cracks in maternal health system

Complications were diagnosed at a local health post, but cost concerns and lack of awareness led to home delivery.

By the time health workers from Rayal Primary Health Care Centre in Bajhang arrived at the home in Kedarsyu Rural Municipality where a 21-year-old woman had given birth to her baby a few days ago, the newborn had already died. They found no vital signs in the mother, either.