Chennai floods and other extreme weather events pose dangers to mothers and newborns

During the catastrophic Chennai floods in December 2015, Radhika KTP was 35 weeks pregnant and had to undergo an emergency Caesarean procedure to give birth to a premature child. She had an older child of five years at the time. When they had left for home from the hospital, little did Radhika know that she had to walk through the rising waters and waterlogged roads. The muddy water infected her stitches and she was suffering from throbbing pain. When they finally reached home, she saw her entire house was inundated with water. Radhika recollects, “All the shops were shut.