A 31-year-old woman died during delivery at a hospital in Maharashtra’s tribal-dominated Palghar district, an official said on Friday.
Kunta Vaibhav Padvale of Galtare village in Vikramgad taluka was rushed to a local hospital on Tuesday night after she went into labour. The nine-month-pregnant woman was then referred to the government-run Patangshah Cottage Hospital in Jawhar.
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However, she died during delivery, the official said.
Medical Superintendent Bharat Mahale of the Jawhar hospital said that the tribal woman was alright but suffered a heart attack during delivery and died. The doctors tried to save the baby but could not, he said.
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The body has been sent for post-mortem, he added.