Tiruppur woman dies after botched YouTube-assisted childbirth at home
K. Sasikala | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A 32-year-old woman from a village in Tiruppur district died on Sunday (June 28, 2026) of post-partum haemorrhage and related complications after she gave birth to a baby at her home, allegedly assisted by her husband watching YouTube videos on birthing, on June 24. The police said that following complications, K. Sasikala, of Punjaithalavaipalayam in Uthukuli taluk, was taken to a private hospital in Coimbatore, where she died on Sunday morning. The woman went into labour in the early hours of June 24. Her husband Kolanthasamy, 35, and mother-in-law assisted in the delivery, allegedly watching videos of natural childbirth on YouTube. She gave birth to a female child, the police said. The woman developed post-partum haemorrhage as the placenta was not expelled after the childbirth. She was taken to the Government Erode Medical College and Hospital at Perundurai. Thereafter, she was admitted to a private hospital in Coimbatore on June 25 and died without responding to treatment on Sunday, the police said. On a complaint filed by the Block Medical Officer, Kunnathur, the Uthukuli police registered a case against Kolanthasamy, under Section …
