Mother of 9 runs away from hospital for fear of surgery

A woman in Tamil Nadu, who gave birth to nine children and was pregnant a 10th time, ran away as she was afraid that the hospital staff may perform a tubectomy on her. The incident occurred in Vediakudin village in Pudikkottai district of Tamil Nadu.

According to the authorities, Anandan (55) and Arai (52) have nine children and all the deliveries were performed at home. While one child was still born, the others are alive. Of these children, four have been married off. Arai, recently became pregnant a 10th time. On examination, it was found that she has both hypertension and diabetes. So, she was taken to Pudukkottai Government Hospital.

The doctors of the hospital decided that the delivery might happen around August 18 and advised her to get admitted to the hospital. When the staff went to her home to bring her to the hospital, they found that Arai and her husband have fled the place. They were told that they had run away for fear of tubectomy. Sources also said that the couple want to have 16 children and were afraid that they may not have the children if a family planning surgery was performed.The hospital staff and authorities are on the lookout for the absconding couple.