Reproductive health gains at risk as 85 pregnant women die due to lack of care in last five months

Maternal mortality was down 76 percent and stillbirth down by 56 percent in Nepal since 2000, according to a study.

Last week, Sabina Thapa, a 23-year-old woman in her eighth month of pregnancy, died in Biratnagar after six hospitals refused to admit her. The previous evening, Thapa had slipped and fell down in her bathroom. Her health had deteriorated sharply within 24 hours and on Wednesday her family took her to Nobel Hospital immediately where she was refused admission.