Deadlier than crashes: How bleeding crisis is haunting delivery rooms

A woman with UTI pain sitting on the bed. [Courtesy, Standard]

Every time a mother gives birth in Kenya, she is rolling a dice with death. It's a gamble that could end in joy or in tragedy. At the heart of this grim reality is postpartum haemorrhage (PPH), a condition that silently kills more women in Kenya than road traffic accidents.

Medical professionals are raising the alarm, warning that while the public fixates on dramatic crashes and visible trauma, the deadliest threat to pregnant women is one that bleeds them dry sometimes in minutes.