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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Maternal health matters -Jashodhara Dasgupta

Maternal health matters -Jashodhara Dasgupta

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published Published on Jun 18, 2020   modified Modified on Jun 18, 2020

-The Hindu

The lockdown period saw the state abdicating its responsibilities towards the welfare of pregnant women

In a shocking incident earlier this month, a pregnant woman died in an ambulance in Noida after being turned away from a number of private and government hospitals. This raises a chilling question for all of us: if this can happen somewhere so close to the nation’s capital, what is happening in the corners of the country? A second question that comes to mind is: when the lockdown was suddenly announced and then extended, what exactly was the plan for the millions of women who were/are due for childbirth?

Over the last 15 years, the state has been promising maternal well-being to pregnant women provided they turn up at public hospitals during labour, and has been providing a cash incentive to those that have institutional birth. Consequently, it has become almost routine for all pregnant women to reach health facilities during labour. Elaborate tracking systems have been instituted by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to track every pregnant woman, infant and child until they turn five.

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The Hindu, 18 June, 2020, https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/maternal-health-matters/article31854774.ece?homepage=true


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