How did five new mothers die after routine C-sections in Kota?

"We were waiting for our first child to arrive,” says Ravi Nayak, a 25-year-old mason in Kota, Rajasthan, his voice trailing off in anguish. When his wife Jyoti Verma developed labour pains on May 4, he rushed her to the Government Medical College.

The next day, the 20-year-old underwent a caesarean section and delivered a healthy baby boy. Mother and child were fine, Nayak sighed with relief.
Doctors prescribed oxytocin for Verma shortly after delivery. An injection of synthetic oxytocin is widely used in childbirth to induce labour as well as to prevent and treat postpartum haemorrhage.