Mother dies after delivery
Published on: Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Kota Kinabalu: A mother died soon after delivering her baby at her house in Kg Bukit Nanas, Karamunsing, Tuesday.Prior to the incident, a relative of the 30-year old Bajau woman had gone to her neighbour's house to ask for help at about 10am. The neighbour immediately went into the house, only to discover that the woman had already given birth to a baby.
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"The neighbour later told another neighbour to summon the ambulance and she together with a few other villagers carried the woman down to the main road to wait for the ambulance."The ambulance arrived at 10.44am and found the woman lying on the side of the road. "A medical assistant on the site later pronounced her dead," said City Police Chief ACP M. Chandra.He added that the woman was originally from Keningau and had stayed in the village for about three months.
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Her husband is a construction worker and had to leave his wife alone at home when at work.The woman had made numerous trips back home to Keningau but the relative, who first alerted the neighbours, was a frequent visitor to the house.
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"The body of the deceased had been taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for further action while her infant daughter was sent to the Women and Children Hospital in Likas, accompanied by the relative, for follow up care," said Chandra.The case, meanwhile, has been classified as sudden death, he added.