Village economy and health of villagers
Mundie Majhi and Masku Majhi have 4 daughters, living in Sungher Gram Panchayat of Kashipur Block. Mundie’s village lies at the hill top where one can only reach by walking from the nearest road 2-3kms away. Mundie Majhi who was pregnant few months back lost her child in the hospital. When Mundie was 5 months pregnant Masku left for Kerela to earn some money for his family. In their small village of 9 households, most men have been going to Kerela as daily wage labourers to earn. When Mundie went into labour during her 7th month, there was no young male members in the village who could go fetch the ASHA worker at night. One of the old men in the village went to call the ASHA worker by foot but she did not come. The old villager went to summon her again in the morning when she promised to come but then did not reach the village on time.
Mundie gave birth to her child around midnight at home all by herself and her daughters but was unable to birth her placenta. It was during the same month Gram panchayat facilitators (GPF) were doing home visits of pregnant women and GPF Umadevi Naik visited Mundie early morning and rushed her to the hospital. By the time they managed to get an Auto and reach the hospital it was noon and Mundie had been waiting with her child attached to the umbilical chord for the past 10 hours and had lost quite a lot of blood.
