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Introduction: Rate of Caesarean Sections (CS) has increased over the last few decades. There is an increased referral of women with postcaesarean complications. Aim: To evaluate the outcome of women with postcaesarean complications. Materials and Methods: This retrospective study was conducted at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, King George’s Medical University Lucknow, India over six months from August 2018 to January 2019. All the women referred with postcaesarean complications were included in the study. Women who had complications following CS performed at the centre were excluded. Demographic variables like age, socio-economic status, literacy, number of antenatal visits, indication for CS was obtained. The type of complication, number of places visited before admission, the interval between complication and admission, availability of referral documents, interventions required and outcome was noted. Chi-squared tests were used to test for statistical significance. The p-value was considered to be significant if