Jumla, March 21 -- year-old Asmita Nepali from ward 3 of Tila Rural Municipality reached the Karnali Academy of Health Sciences Teaching Hospital on March 9 after enduring prolonged labour at home. By the time she arrived, her condition had already become critical. Although she delivered her baby, she did not survive.

Doctors made repeated efforts to stabilise her condition. "She had severe complications affecting her kidneys and lungs," said Kamal Thani, director of Karnali Academy of Health Sciences Teaching Hospital. "We kept her in intensive care for three days, but we could not save her."

As her condition deteriorated, she was airlifted by a Nepali Army helicopter to the Provincial Hospital in Surkhet on March 12, where she was pro...