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Pune: Maternal death review panel to submit report today

Dr Borade explained that the review committee generally conducts in-depth reviews of maternal deaths to understand the underlying causes including medical social and systemic factors

According to PMC data from April last year till February 2025, there were 62 maternal deaths (Archive)

The Pune Municipal Corporation’s maternal death review committee that plays a crucial role in investigating maternal deaths by identifying causes, medical and systemic issues will submit its report on Tanisha Bhise’s case on Tuesday.

Dr Nina Borade, chairperson of the committee and chief medical officer of PMC said a meeting was held by the members and the report will be finalised soon. Tanisha Bhise, in her early 30s, died after giving birth to premature twins. Family members alleged Deenanath Mangeshkar hospital failed to admit the woman, who was in her seventh month of pregnancy, as an advance deposit of Rs 10 lakh was not paid.

The woman had sought treatment at Surya Hospitals, Wakad where she gave birth to premature twins on March 29. She was shifted to Manipal Hospital later due to complications and died on March 31 due to irreversible brain damage.

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Dr Borade explained that the review committee generally conducts in-depth reviews of maternal deaths to understand the underlying causes including medical social and systemic factors. “The aim is not to assign blame but identify opportunities for improvement and prevent future maternal deaths,” Dr Borade added.

“We try to ascertain whether there was a delay in reporting to the hosptial by the patient or whether there was a delay in availing an ambulance,” she said. The committee also checks whether there was a delay from the hospital in initiating treatment.

“We have discussed Tanisha Bhise’s case and our committee’s report will be submitted to higher authorities in the health department, “Dr Borade said.

According to PMC data from April last year till February 2025, there were 62 maternal deaths. In 2023-2024, there were 89 maternal deaths while 92 deaths were reported in 2022-2023. There were 103 maternal deaths in 2021-2022.

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Meanwhile the PMC health department’s analysis also shows that of the 48489 deliveries registered from April 2024- till February this year a total of 26850 were done by C-Section. A similar trend was observed in 2023-2024 and 2022-2023 where deliveries via C-Section were higher than normal deliveries. A total of 63,773 deliveries were registered in 2023-2024 of which 34672 were via C-Section.

Anuradha Mascarenhas

Anuradha Mascarenhas is a journalist with The Indian Express and is based in Pune. A senior editor, Anuradha writes on health, research developments in the field of science and environment and takes keen interest in covering women's issues. With a career spanning over 25 years, Anuradha has also led teams and often coordinated the edition. ... Read More

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