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More mothers losing their uterus after delivery

On Friday July 22, 2016, I started my normal day with elective caesarean sections and after the first operation, in which I took time to teach my intern the procedure, came an emergency call.

It was a young mother who had delivered vaginally but was now bleeding profusely and needed review in the theatre.

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