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Women of a lesser society

Just 17 kms away from Bangalore’s southwestern suburbs is a world where women die during childbirth and parents pull girls out of school just as they used to do decades ago.

By Supriya Khandekar

29 Sep 2008, Citizen Matters

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Gollahalli village near Bangalore has a high rate of maternal mortality, as its people are unaware of health issues and the doctors, nurses and health workers at the PHC are unconcerned about the same. Pregnant women are not given free medicines. They often travel to Bangalore for check-ups and delivery, or resort to the village midwife. Many die during childbirth. Most girl children of the village drop out of school to work in houses and farms.

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7 Comments

[09 PM, 30 Sep 2008] Deepa Mohan

Excellent piece of reproting Supriya. The reality is sad, but let's hope we can do something about it.

[11 AM, 01 Oct 2008] Rajesh Golani

Supriya,
this is a nice article, I am linking this on www.ngopost.org

[12 PM, 01 Oct 2008] Meera Iyer

Supriya,
Thanks for this article. I do hope Citizen Matters carries more such pieces in the future, on issues that we generally do not see enough of or at all in the mainstream media.

[11 AM, 03 Oct 2008] Divya Sharma

One PHC for 75 villages! An eye-opener by Supriya. This is the stark picture of PHCs all over the state; no doctors/nurses. They collect fees when they are not supposed to and basic generic medicines are never available. Emergencies? one can imagine.

[09 PM, 30 Sep 2009] Srikanth Parthasarathy

This is a deeply moving article. Everyday we get to hear everything about basics. Basic Education and Basic Health is still a dream for Rural India I guess. Your detailed explanation of events reflects the need, authority, mindset and many other basic aspects. Indian rural health care still more and more painful stories. AlJazeera news network had this video on the Indian Healthcare System: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce7SOdVzgj4 Even that talks about the mindset and the basics. Thanks for posting this wonderfully written article anyway. Great Job!

[08 PM, 06 Oct 2009] Ayesha Aleem

Excellent reporting Supriya. Such an in depth story.

[12 PM, 24 Oct 2009] Rajesh Agrawal

Supriya, Extensive investigating report about rural women’s and child health problems. Also glad to hear that you are basically from to Korba city of Chhattisgarh. If you can provide me your e-mail address. I would like to share with Chhattisgarh media about your victory.
Rajesh Agrawal bureau
Patrika group(Rajasthan Patrika)
Chhattisgarh.

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