https://heraldgoa.in/review/na/more-women-are-delivering-in-hospitals-so-why-are-so-many-still-dying-in-childbirth/111687
More women are delivering in hospitals, so why are so many still dying in childbirth?
Surujmuni Marandi, 24, had decided to deliver her baby at the Godda district hospital in north-eastern Jharkhand. Like many other women, she was drawn to the idea of free medical assistance, medicines, nutrition and postnatal care for poor, pregnant women promised by Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY), the government programme aimed at reducing India’s high maternal mortality rate (MMR).
