Head In Womb

In a case of gross medical negligence, the staff of a rural health centre in Pakistan's Sindh province severed the head of a newborn baby and left it inside the mother's womb, leaving the 32-year-old Hindu woman in a life-threatening situation.

The National Human Rights Commission of India (NHRC) issued a notice to the Rajasthan government over reports of separation of a baby's head from its body during delivery in Jaisalmer district on January 10.

A foetus was split into two after the medical staff at a government-run health centre in Rajasthan tried to extricate it. A 32-year-old woman who was due to deliver had come to a primary health centre in Jaisalmer's Ramgarh earlier this month. She was informed about the tricky position of the foetus and how it was going to be a difficult delivery. ...

When a team of doctors operated on the woman again, they were shocked to find the baby's head is in the womb.

A baby selling racket has been busted in Hyderabad, in which a child trafficking gang identified girls while still in the womb and found buyers for them, putting a price on their head even before they are born. NDTV tracked this gang over the last six months.

Given a bus ticket and 100 pesos for meals, she left her home in Guadalajara, a bustling Mexican city known for tequila and mariachi music, and headed to the United States for a job, according to court documents. The young woman said she agreed to be a pregnancy surrogate for Esthela Clark, a 47-year-old from Florida, and planned to deliver the chi...

In a gruesome incident, the head of a baby got separated from its body during delivery when the doctor allegedly pulled it out of the mother's womb forcefully.

Babies that have healthy growth before they're born, leading to higher birth weights, longer birth lengths and large head circumference within the normal range are more likely to have higher IQ scores.

Women born bigger and longer are more likely to develop breast cancer later in life than others.

In a case of gross medical negligence, the staff of a rural health centre in Pakistan's Sindh province severed the head of a newborn baby and left it inside the mother's womb, leaving the 32-year-old Hindu woman in a life-threatening situation.

The National Human Rights Commission of India (NHRC) issued a notice to the Rajasthan government over reports of separation of a baby's head from its body during delivery in Jaisalmer district on January 10.

A foetus was split into two after the medical staff at a government-run health centre in Rajasthan tried to extricate it. A 32-year-old woman who was due to deliver had come to a primary health centre in Jaisalmer's Ramgarh earlier this month. She was informed about the tricky position of the foetus and how it was going to be a difficult delivery. ...

When a team of doctors operated on the woman again, they were shocked to find the baby's head is in the womb.

A baby selling racket has been busted in Hyderabad, in which a child trafficking gang identified girls while still in the womb and found buyers for them, putting a price on their head even before they are born. NDTV tracked this gang over the last six months.

Given a bus ticket and 100 pesos for meals, she left her home in Guadalajara, a bustling Mexican city known for tequila and mariachi music, and headed to the United States for a job, according to court documents. The young woman said she agreed to be a pregnancy surrogate for Esthela Clark, a 47-year-old from Florida, and planned to deliver the chi...

In a gruesome incident, the head of a baby got separated from its body during delivery when the doctor allegedly pulled it out of the mother's womb forcefully.

Babies that have healthy growth before they're born, leading to higher birth weights, longer birth lengths and large head circumference within the normal range are more likely to have higher IQ scores.

Women born bigger and longer are more likely to develop breast cancer later in life than others.