Bahraich (UP), February 19 A 35-year-old pregnant woman allegedly slit her own abdomen with a kitchen knife on Thursday after she could not bear the labor pain, and later delivered a healthy baby girl in Bahraich district, Uttar Pradesh, officials said.
The woman, identified as Nankai, a resident of Nandwal village under the Baundi police station area, was rushed to the Fakharpur Community Health Centre by neighbors after they heard her screams.
She gave birth to a healthy baby girl through normal delivery at the facility, but her condition deteriorated shortly afterward, they said.
Nankai was later taken to the district hospital, where doctors found a deep abdominal wound allegedly caused by a knife with serrated edges.
"She was brought to the hospital around 3:20 pm on Thursday. Her intestines had protruded, and she had suffered significant blood loss," the hospital's chief medical superintendent told reporters.
Due to the severity of her injuries, the woman was referred to a higher medical facility in Lucknow for advanced treatment, hospital staff said.
A video purportedly showing the woman on a stretcher has surfaced on social media, in which she allegedly says that she cut open her abdomen due to the intense pain, police said.
According to neighbors, Nankai's husband had died of illness about six months ago, and she had been living alone. When she went into labor on Thursday afternoon, the pain became unbearable, prompting her to allegedly use a knife used for chopping vegetables to cut open her abdomen.
Soon, residents alerted emergency services, and an ambulance transported her to the health center where she gave birth.
As her condition worsened following childbirth, she was shifted to the district hospital and later referred to Lucknow. Her mother, Neeta, accompanied her in the ambulance, officials said.