Jodhpur: One more woman died on Saturday and four others were battling for their lives after they were allegedly administered contaminated intravenous fluids in two government hospitals in Jodhpur, where 13 maternal deaths have taken place in last 11 days. Rajasthan government announced a compensation of Rs 1 lakh for the families of the victims while the tragedy prompted the National Advisory Council (NAC) headed by Sonia Gandhi to seek...
08:23 PM, Feb 26, 2011
Jodhpur: Ten-day-old Mehak has just come home to a house that is mourning her mother's death. Her mother Ruksana died a week after giving birth to her without seeing her even once. Even the thirty bottles of blood that the family paid for, with great difficulty, couldn't save her. Ruksana is just one of the twelve pregnant women who died in a span of ten days after being given contaminated...
11:11 PM, Feb 25, 2011
Jodhpur: In a shocking case twelve pregnant women have died at Umaid Hospital in Rajasthan's Jodhpur after being administered contaminated IV fluid. The deaths have taken place over the last 10 days. The first casualty was reported on February 13. Four pregnant women are on ventilators in a serious condition after excessive bleeding. The preliminary report into the incident indicates that it was contaminated IV fluid that led to the...
06:20 PM, Feb 24, 2011
London: A 29-year-old man, who became a father at the age of 14, is set to create a record by becoming Britain's youngest grandfather, after his 14-year-old daughter has become pregnant, a media report said. "It's like history repeating itself. I quite like the idea of being the youngest grandad in Britain, but at the same time I'm fuming that she (daughter) is pregnant. I know myself how tough it...
06:54 PM, Jan 25, 2011
New York: In a new study, portable meters used to gauge blood sugar levels in pregnant women with diabetes gave readings that differed from lab tests by up to 16 percent. That kind of inaccuracy is concerning, researchers say, because small differences in blood sugar during pregnancy can have potentially serious consequences for the mother and baby. But that doesn't mean women should stop using glucose meters. Instead, they should...
03:05 PM, Jan 16, 2011
New York: Is laughter the best medicine? Perhaps not always - but it may help women who are trying to become pregnant through in-vitro fertilization (IVF), an Israeli study found. In a study of 219 women undergoing IVF published in Fertility and Sterility, an Israeli team led by Shevach Friedler found that the odds of success were greater among women who were entertained by a professional "medical clown" just after...
10:42 AM, Jan 13, 2011
Santiago: A Chilean woman, who is 36 weeks pregnant, has been found to carry a foetus which has no brain. After learning about her baby's condition, Claudia Pizarro, who also suffers from cancer of the uterus, has appealed to a court to let her undergo a therapeutic abortion. Pizarro presented an appeal for protection of her constitutional rights on grounds that her foetus, which in any case will not be...
01:13 PM, Dec 27, 2010
New York: Just over two-thirds of pregnant women undergo screening tests for gestational diabetes, according to a new analysis of nearly one million patient records. Among the five percent of women who tested positive for pregnancy-related diabetes, just one in five were screened again within six months of giving birth, Dr. Jon M. Nakamoto of Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute in San Juan Capistrano, California, and his colleagues found. The findings...
12:22 PM, Dec 23, 2010
New York: Cesarean-section rates have been rising steadily in the developed world over the past 30 years, but a new analysis of data on nearly 20,000 women from around the globe suggests it's not because women are asking for them. Sixteen percent of women included in the research review said they would prefer cesarean section to vaginal delivery, Dr. Agustina Mazzoni of the Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Care...
11:53 AM, Dec 23, 2010
London: A hospital in Britain has mistakenly sent a letter to a 50-year-old man telling him he was pregnant with twins, a media report said. The staff at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital sent the letter to Hilton Plettell - even addressed Mr. Plettell - telling him that in just seven months' time he would be giving birth to twins, the Daily Mail reported on its website. The hospital...
11:35 AM, Dec 10, 2010
Kuala Lumpur: A school exclusively for pregnant teenagers will be opened on the month of September in Malaysia's Malacca state, an official said. The purpose of opening the school is to help the girls overcome the stigma of having children without being married, the official said on Wednesday. The school, which starts September 16, will accept about 30 students, school chairman Abdul Rahman Abdul Karim was quoted as saying by...
02:20 PM, Sep 01, 2010
Kabul: The Taliban executed a pregnant woman on charges of adultery in western Afghanistan, an official said on Monday. A Taliban court in Qadis, a remote district in Badghis province, found Bibi Sanawbar, a 40-year-old widow, "guilty because she got pregnant by having illicit affairs", said Jabar Saleh, the deputy provincial police chief. Sanawbar was kept in prison for three days before being publicly executed, he said, adding, "She was...
07:45 AM, Aug 10, 2010
A Utah woman is expecting two babies at the same time, but the two babies are at different stages of development. ...
12:25 PM, Jul 17, 2010
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The teenager, who gave birth to the baby girl early this week, was issued a transfer certificate by institution. ...
02:30 PM, Jun 17, 2010
The 'Titanic' singer has had a miscarriage before ...
03:26 PM, Jun 01, 2010
Service takes pregnant women to government hospitals in rural areas for free. ...
01:56 PM, May 13, 2010
Service takes pregnant women to government hospitals in rural areas for free. ...
01:56 PM, May 13, 2010
CJ Suraj's wife, who was carrying a dead foetus in her womb, died of docs negligence in Delhi. ...
03:18 PM, May 09, 2010
CJ Suraj's wife, who was carrying a dead foetus in her womb, died of docs negligence in Delhi. ...
03:18 PM, May 09, 2010
A pregnant Toronto woman in the audience went into labour on the sets. ...
10:34 AM, Feb 06, 2010
