India, March 28 -- PUNE Doctors at Sassoon General Hospital (SGH) successfully saved two young pregnant women suffering from a rare and life-threatening condition called Placenta Accreta Spectrum (PAS). Both women, under the age of 30, had a history of multiple caesarean sections, which led to severe complications during their pregnancies, said officials.

The first case includes a 25-year-old woman who was 33 weeks pregnant and was referred to SGH from a private hospital on March 20 after doctors detected placenta increta-a condition where the placenta deeply embeds into the uterine wall. She had a history of three previous caesarean deliveries and three abortions, they said.

While under observation, the woman experienced sudden, heavy ...