Surkhet, March 18 -- one-year-old Junu BK from Rahagaun in ward 10 of Thulibheri Municipality, Dolpa, experienced severe postpartum hemorrhage after delivering her baby with a retained placenta. Thanks to an emergency airlift by the Nepal Army last week, she was medevaced to Surkhet where both the mother and newborn are receiving treatment at the provincial hospital. "That day, I thought my life was over. I never imagined that a helicopter would come to save me," Junu recalled the ordeal.

Similarly, 15-year-old Jamuna Budha Magar from ward 3 of Tripurasundari Municipality in Dolpa, a remote mountain district of Karnali Province, faced severe complications due to pregnancy at a young age. She was worried not only about her own survival bu...