Padma Shri awardee Sulagitti Narasamma, a well-known midwife, passed away at age 98 in Bengaluru on Tuesday. President Ram Nath Kovind had presented the Padma Shri award to Narasamma on March 20, 2018. Narasamma helped deliver over 15,000 babies free of charge in rural Karnataka The famous midwife, who helped deliver over 15,000 babies, passed away […]

In what you would call the rarest of rare, a 32-year-old woman reportedly delivered a baby boy in Gujarat’s Gir Forest in an ambulance, after midnight, that was surrounded by 12 lions. Makwana, a resident of Lunasapur village, was being shifted to a government hospital in Jafarabad town when the incident took place, said Chetan Gaadhe, […]

Maneka Gandhi, Women and Child Development minister, recently spoke against the rise in the number of C-sections in the country. SheThePeople.TV talked to five women from different ages and backgrounds to know of their experiences; and opinions on the rise in C-Sections. [Feature Image Credit: scha.com] Lack of beds in government hospitals “I find it true that […]