Posts Tagged ‘Maternal and infant death’

Auckland childbirth tragedy: Mum, baby die – grieving husband begs for investigation

Monday, June 14th, 2021

A father who lost his wife during childbirth and their newborn daughter four days later is pleading for an investigation into their sudden deaths. Speaking exclusively to the Weekend Herald, Charitha Meepegama said his wife Nilakshani (Nishi) Silva underwent an emergency C-section in an ambulance last Saturday morning and died a short time later. The Read more