Ten women die at botched ‘sterilisation camp’ in India

Ten women died and 14 were in a serious condition after messed operations at a government mass sterilisation ‘camp’ in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, officials said last night.

The women fell ill on Monday, two days after surgery at a so-called family planning camp at a village.

Such camps are held regularly in Chhattisgarh and other Indian states as part of a long-running effort to control India’s booming population.