TIRUPUR: A 28-year-old woman died due to complications after
giving birth to a
baby girl at home here on Sunday. Her husband and two family friends assisted her in giving birth to the baby, after apparently watching some “how to help pregnant women…” videos on
YouTube.
The placenta didn’t come out. The woman bled profusely and died.
The deceased has been identified as K Krithiga of Rathinagireeswar Nagar near Pudupalayam. She was working as a schoolteacher. Her husband, Karthigeyan, was employed at a knitwear buying agency. The couple have a three-year-old girl.
City health officer K Boopathy told TOI that Praveen and his wife Lavanya were family friends of Karthigeyan. Since Praveen and Lavanya believed in
natural medicinal practices, they convinced Karthigeyan and Krithiga that giving birth to a child at home was better than going to hospital. As a result, Krithiga had not registered her pregnancy with the concerned urban primary health centre (UPHC).
It was not known whether she had taken some medicines or not, Boopathy said.
“As she has died after giving birth to the baby, I have lodged a police complaint against Praveen, Lavanya and Karthigeyan. They stopped her from reaching the nearby UPHC, and it led to her death, he said.
Based on a complaint filed by the woman's father, the Nallur (rural) police registered a suspicious death case.
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