Maternal deaths halve at Thapathali hospital, neonatal mortality still high

Health Ministry says 118 maternal deaths have been reported from 51 districts since the start of the ongoing fiscal year.

Only two women died during childbirth at the Thapathali-based Paropakar Maternity and Women’s Hospital in the last fiscal year, which is a 50 percent decline compared to the fiscal year 2023-24, when four maternal deaths were recorded.