Outcry as Garment Worker Dies of Haemorrhage in Childbirth

[CEOCambodiaNews]

A very sad but common enough tragedy has struck a poor Cambodian family when the mother died in childbirth.

Mother's Death in Childbirth Sparks Outcry in Cambodia
February 24, 2019 0:15 AM
Prak Soda and Suon Sakhen, high school sweethearts, married seven years ago. Lifelong residents of Svay Rieng province, one of Cambodia’s poorest, they were expecting an uneventful delivery of their second child earlier this month.

Prak Soda had taken a few days off work at a nearby garment factory to rest up and prepare.

But 27-year-old Prak Soda, a woman who knew how to add fun and laughter to a party, died from severe bleeding shortly after delivering her baby boy with a midwife’s assistance.

Her death sparked a national conversation.

Suon Sakhen, also a garment worker, said his wife appeared to be in good health immediately after giving birth.

“My wife was OK. She asked the baby after delivering: ‘Can you cry?’” he told VOA Khmer in a recent interview at his home.

But Prak Soda kept bleeding, bleeding so severe Suon Sakhen said he argued with the midwife until she dispatched the new mother to the provincial hospital.

Prak Soda died from the loss of blood en route to the hospital.

“Inside the ambulance, the medical person told me that my wife died, but I couldn’t believe it. So I asked the driver to continue driving until we reached the provincial hospital,” Sakhen said. “They confirmed that my wife died.”

The next day, Feb. 5, he filed a complaint with district police alleging negligence by the midwife. VOA Khmer obtained a copy of the filing, which detailed how tragedy struck.
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