A 27 -year-old woman died of a postpartum haemorrhage after a botched home delivery by her husband in Puliampatty village in Bargur, Krishnagiri district. The deceased woman, V. Loganayaki died of a haemorrhage from a retained placenta, hours after delivering a baby boy at her maternal home on Tuesday, August 22, 2023.
Loganayaki went into labour early on Tuesday morning and delivered a baby boy around 4 a.m. However her placenta was retained inside her body, causing a haemorrhage, and the bleeding continued up to 10.30 a.m. The family then moved her to a private hospital in Bargur, where she was declared brought dead, according to the FIR filed by the Bargur police based on a complaint by M. Radhika, Medical Officer, Puliampatty Government Primary Health Centre.
The Village Health Nurse of Puliampatty was alerted to the condition of the woman by a tea stall owner, where Loganayaki’s father had gone to fetch tea for the family. “The family had tried to remove the placenta, leading to several hours of bleeding from 4.30 a.m. The family then moved her to a private hospital at 10.30 a.m. The family was preparing to move the body back to Dharmapuri, without a postmortem examination, until we intervened. The entire village was justifying their decision about a home delivery,” says Dr. Radhika.
