Placenta praevia has been well documented to be associated with adverse maternal outcomes as well as neonatal outcomes [2]. Studies have reported 5% of obstetric hysterectomies were due to placenta praevia [3, 4]. The indication for emergency peripartum hysterectomy in recent years has changed from traditional uterine atony to abnormal placentation that has now become a more common indication due to greater number of pregnant women with previous caesarean scar. Placenta praevia remains a risk factor for various maternal complications. There were higher incidence of postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) and blood transfusion in women with placenta praevia compared to general population [5–7]. Women with placenta praevia were more likely to deliver babies before 37 weeks with Apgar score of less than 7 [8]. Studies also showed that there were higher admission to neonatal intensive care unit, stillbirth and death [8, 9].