Even as it threatens our bank accounts and phone services, the contentious Aadhaar Card has now given birth to a problem for pregnant women as well. This is what Sana Khan - 23 years old and four months pregnant - realised when she went to a BMC maternity home, only to be turned away because she did not hold an Aadhaar Card. It was only after the intervention of activists that the hospital agreed to register her for maternity care.

Meenatai Thackeray Maternity Home is the only BMC-run hospital for pregnant women across four wards