29 July 2010 07:20 am
Police have begun investigations into the death of a mother from Kandy who is said to have undergone an illegal abortion resulting in severe internal bleeding. She died after being admitted to the Kandy General Hospital in serious condition.
After undergoing an abortion at an illegal abortion clinic, the victim was admitted to hospital with severe internal bleeding, police said.
Although the patient had been warded after the abortion she had sought treatment for high fever at a general ward till she was transferred to the maternity ward where she died.
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