INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
BAJURA, AUGUST 8Six children, including the
newly-born twin sons of Rithu Dhami of Bajura's Khaptad Chhededaha Rural Municipality have been rescued
Twenty-nine-year-old Rithu died just some time after she bore her twins.
Bajura woman passes away shortly after giving
birth to twin sons, leaving six children behind
receiving treatment
According to Khaptad
Chhededaha Rural Municipality Chairperson Dil Bahadur Rawat, the stranded kids were rescued after a news report was published in this daily
about the plight of the children after their mother died
The kids were rescued by Santi Sewa Griha, a Kathmandu-based organisation.SSG's programme coordinator Bijendra Kunwar said the kids were
rescued with a view to assisting them in their education and providing them food and shelter
"After we learnt of the plight of the kids, we airlifted them to Kathmandu," Kunwar said, adding that the organisation would assist in their
education and pay for their keep.
Along with Rithu's newly-born twin sons, her daughters Sunita Kumari, 11, Kamal Kumari,
9, Priyanka Kumari, 5, and son Manish, 7, have been rescued
Man Bahadur's wife Rithu had died on Saturday in ICU at Seti Provincial Hospital of Dhangadi in the course of treatment after delivering two
The neo-natals are said to be in good health.A version of this article appears in the print on August 9, 2023, of The Himalayan Times.
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