Every five minutes at least one Indian woman dies during pregnancy and childbirth the World Health Organisation said on Sunday. According to WHO of the 529000 maternal deaths occurring every year 136000 or 25.7 % take place in India. Read: Maternal deaths still on the rise in India despite an increase in the number of hospital births. In fact two-thirds of maternal deaths occur after delivery postpartum hemorrhage being the most commonly reported complication. The incidence of emergency postpartum hysterectomies is about 83/100000 with a maternal mortality of 17.7 % and a perinatal mortality of 37.5 % said a WHO
