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Maharashtra: BNMC to make institutional deliveries compulsory
The Bhiwandi Nizampur Municipal Corporation (BNMC) in Bhiwani, Maharashtra has decided not to allow deliveries of pregnant women at home due to lack of adequate health facilities there, an official said on Sunday.
It has been observed that many a times deliveries at home in slums and rural areas lead to death of the pregnant woman and the child, the civic body s health officer Dr K R Kharat said.
Around 12,000 to 13,000 deliveries are recorded in Bhiwandi town in a year, of which 3,000 to 4,000 are non- institutional, he said.
These deliveries at home are carried out by midwives, and women and children do not get proper health facilities, he noted.