Government's 'Mother Protection Program' Faces Challenges Amidst Maternal Deaths

Kathmandu. Although the government has been implementing the 'Mother Protection Program', some incidents are coming to light that question its effectiveness. There have been instances where pregnant women have had to give birth at the hospital gate or on the roadside due to the negligence of state bodies. Incident Number 1On Bhadra 25, a video of Babita Paswan of Rajbiraj Municipality-14 giving birth outside the main gate of Gajendra Narayan Singh Hospital in Rajbiraj went viral on social media. The audio-visual footage shows the baby being born on the pavement outside the hospital's main gate.Questions were raised from all sides...