By Charlotte Greenfield
Chaital Mahato, (click here) 22, a housewife from Napara village in Purulia, came to Purulia town on Thursday for treatment.
Her 17-year-old neighbour Waderi, who gave birth a few weeks ago, is back working in temperatures that can exceed 50 Celsius (122 Fahrenheit), with her newborn lying on a blanket in the shade nearby so she can feed him when he cries.
"When the heat is coming and we're pregnant, we feel stressed," said Sonari, who is in her mid-20s.
These women in southern Pakistan and millions like them around the world are at the searing edge of climate change.
Pregnant women exposed to heat for prolonged periods of time have a higher risk of suffering complications, an analysis of 70 studies conducted since the mid-1990s on the issue found.
For every 1 degree Celsius in temperature rise, the number of stillbirths and premature deliveries increases by about 5%, according to the meta-analysis, which was carried out by several research institutions globally and published in the British Medical Journal in September 2020....
The two convictions below are an outrage and a direct assault against women. This is the problem with the right wing electorate. They take every political issue to the extreme and instill fear and terror.
For Brittney Poolaw who did the right thing to save the fetus inside her by going to the hospital. That wasn't good enough. This type of ABUSE by the system will result in more women dying without giving birth as they will stop going to hospitals that share information with legal authorities in a circumstance that was never a crime.
Pakistan must take example of the USA during heat crisis and build cooling buildings for people to go to and end any opportunity for heat stress that can lead to illness and/or death.
When a 21-year-old Native American woman from Oklahoma (click here) was convicted of manslaughter after having a miscarriage, people were outraged. But she was not alone.
Brittney Poolaw was just about four months pregnant when she lost her baby in the hospital in January 2020.
This October, she was convicted and sentenced to four years in prison for the first-degree manslaughter of her unborn son.
How she went from suffering a miscarriage to being jailed for killing her foetus has become the subject of much discussion online and in the press. Some on social media noted that she was convicted during pregnancy loss awareness month in the US. Others compared the case to Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale.....
Heat Stress - deterioration of any woman working under the climate crisis will begin with pain that is exacerbated due to dehydration. Any person, man or woman, who is experiencing pain should assess the amount of water (not tea or coffee) they drink daily. Hydration reduces opportunity for pain.November 21, 2021
By Robin Levinson-King
Brittney Poolaw was just about four months pregnant when she lost her baby in the hospital in January 2020.
This October, she was convicted and sentenced to four years in prison for the first-degree manslaughter of her unborn son.
How she went from suffering a miscarriage to being jailed for killing her foetus has become the subject of much discussion online and in the press. Some on social media noted that she was convicted during pregnancy loss awareness month in the US. Others compared the case to Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale.....
Confusion, altered mental status, slurred speech (click here)
Loss of consciousness (coma)
Hot, dry skin or profuse sweating
Seizures
Very high body temperature
Fatal if treatment delayed
These tragedies will occur in the USA, there is a cushion to some degree because of being a wealthy country, but, as that cushion strinks there will be problems no different than the Third World due to climate.
