BAHRAICH: A 34-year-old woman allegedly cut open her own abdomen with a knife on Thursday after being unable to bear labour pain and tried to deliver the baby in Nandwal village of Bahraich district. She was rushed to a local health centre where doctors helped her deliver a baby girl at 2.30 pm.
A video purportedly showing the woman on a stretcher has surfaced on social media in which she can allegedly be heard saying that she cut open her abdomen due to the intense pain.
The woman, identified as Nankai Kumari, was living alone at the time of the incident. Her husband, Badkau, died six months ago after a prolonged illness, leaving her to care for their four sons — Niwas (16), Diwan (12), Ravi (8), and Rohan (5).
On Thursday around 1:30 pm, she began experiencing severe labour pain. Her children had gone out to play in the village, and no other adult was present at home, police said.
According to neighbours, Nankai was heard screaming with agony.
Despite wound, she gave birth to healthy baby girlUnable to bear the suffering, she allegedly picked up a vegetable-cutting knife from the kitchen and inflicted a deep wound on her abdomen. Blood spread across the room, and her condition worsened rapidly, said Baundi SHO TN Maurya.
Alarmed by her cries, villagers rushed to the house and found her grievously injured, with her intestines reportedly protruding from the wound. She was immediately taken by ambulance to a local Community Health Centre (CHC), where doctors conducted an emergency normal delivery. She gave birth to a healthy baby girl.
However, due to the severity of the abdominal injury, she was referred to the district hospital. After initial treatment failed to stabilise her condition, she was shifted to the KGMU Trauma Centre in Lucknow for advanced care.
Her mother, Neeta, accompanied her in the ambulance and is currently caring for the newborn.
District hospital CMS NN Tripathi confirmed that the woman had inflicted a deep abdominal wound with a sharp knife and was referred to Lucknow in a critical condition.
Doctors Rajesh Sonkar and Shivam Mishra, who attended to her in the emergency ward, said the woman had sustained severe abdominal injuries. They confirmed that the newborn girl was stable and has been admitted to the SNCU ward of Bahraich dist hospital for observation. The incident has left residents of the area shocked and concerned.
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