We had a
mother die today morning. Her time in the hospital was just 6 hours. The doctor
on call who saw SD come in at around 4:00 am today morning – found her terribly
breathless and in labour. She was pale as a pearl. Hemoglobin was a pathetic
1.8 gm%. Literally, water flowing through her
veins. There was a pansystolic murmer on examining the heart.
Whether she
had a heart disease or not – it was difficult to comment considering the
severity of the anemia. She delivered a dead female baby at around 7:30 am. Her
relatives were very poor. They were not ready to deliver blood. We did not even
know where the husband was. She was too sick that we did not bother to ask too many questions.
There was
some amount of blood lost during the delivery which definitely pulled her to
the edge of death which ultimately devoured her at around 10:30 pm. We could
only watch helplessly.
Another addition
to the maternal death statistics of the world – and that too because of anemia.
What a shame? I thought of talking to the family before they took the body. Unfortunately, I could not as I got caught with some other matter. I wish I could have given more details.
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