Last month, nearly two months after she gave birth at home at Chavakkad, a 37-year-old woman died following sepsis and multi-organ failure at Thrissur Medical College. Her infant had died within a few days of the birth. K. Pratibha, a medical officer attached to the Thanur community health centre at Malappuram, has now approached the High Court yet again, with an interim petition that the Health department is not taking any effective steps to stop the home births..