PATNA: That the graph of institutional deliveries is going up every year in the state notwithstanding, a recent study says most of the maternal deaths are taking at home. This contradiction reinforces the perception that even though the delivery per se may or may not take place in a hospital, the mother does not – or is not allowed to – stay in a hospital for mandatory 48 hours after delivery. At least 6, 500 maternal deaths are reported from Bihar every year.

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