{"id":438049,"date":"2026-10-20T18:13:57","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T12:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=438049"},"modified":"2026-10-20T18:13:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T12:28:58","slug":"17-year-old-mother-airlifted-to-surkhet-following-childbirth-complications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2026\/10\/20\/438049.html","title":{"rendered":"17-year-old mother airlifted to Surkhet following childbirth complications"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Kathmandu:<\/strong> A 17-year-old girl from Kushe rural municipality-2 in Jajarkot district was airlifted to Surkhet district after developing complications during childbirth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"739\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/m_i-17-army-helicopter.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-353619\" style=\"width:785px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/m_i-17-army-helicopter.webp 739w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/m_i-17-army-helicopter-300x158.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 739px) 100vw, 739px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">File-Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The teenage mother was rescued by a Nepali Army helicopter under a government programme that provides emergency air transport to pregnant and postpartum women facing life-threatening complications. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The aerial evacuation programme is implemented by the Ministry of Women, Children, Gender and Social Security under the National Women Empowerment Project. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The programme provides free helicopter evacuation for expecting and new mothers experiencing severe complications, including excessive bleeding and other potentially fatal conditions that require urgent medical attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It aims to ensure that women in remote areas can reach health facilities in time, when difficult terrain and long travel distances could otherwise delay treatment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The programme also covers critically ill newborns, helping ensure timely access to specialized medical care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RSS<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu: A 17-year-old girl from Kushe rural municipality-2 in Jajarkot district was airlifted to Surkhet district after developing complications during childbirth. File-Photo The teenage mother was rescued by a Nepali Army helicopter under a government programme that provides emergency air transport to pregnant and postpartum women facing life-threatening complications. The aerial evacuation programme is implemented &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":413633,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,2],"tags":[],"reporter":[],"class_list":["post-438049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english","category-en-news","category-top-stories-main"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438049"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438049"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":438050,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438049\/revisions\/438050"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438049"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=438049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}