Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) in Thimphu saw 61 women give birth in six days of ongoing nationwide lockdown. Birthing centre recorded 52 newborns and maternity ward nine.

Sangay Lhaden became a first-time mother on the third day of nationwide lockdown. “I was home when I got bleeding at midnight and had to call the ambulance.”  Emergency services were available and she did not panic.

Tashi Zam said that after the Lyonchhen announced that women could avail maternity and child vaccination services, it posed no problem to take her niece Dorji Tshomo to the hospital on August 15 for child delivery. Dorji Tshomo gave birth to a baby boy on August 16.

Pasang Wangmo was referred to JDWNRH from Paro on August 8. She delivered her baby on the first day of lockdown. Due to some complications, she had to stay back in the hospital.

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