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Africa-Press<\/a> – Mozambique<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Pregnant women are reporting cases of mistreatment, abuse and the disappearance of babies during childbirth and immediately afterwards, allegedly carried out by health professionals in various hospitals in Mozambique, with most of the complaints coming from Cabo Delgado, Maputo city and Maputo province. Civil society organizations are demanding an investigation and that offenders be held to account.<\/p>\n

This Tuesday, 40 civil society organisations launched a campaign in protest against the violence and degrading treatment to which women are subjected in the pre-partum, childbirth and post-partum period in hospitals in the country.<\/p>\n

Most complaints come from the city and province of Maputo. In the last half of this year alone, civil society organizations registered about 15 reports of violence perpetrated by health professionals against pregnant women and women giving birth. Of these, six took place at Ndlavela Health Centre, three at Jos\u00e9 Macamo Hospital and seven at Maputo Provincial Hospital.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to express our indignation at reports of obstetric violence and negligence,\u201d Camila Fanheiro, from the Women\u2019s Observatory, began, adding that \u201cviolence is characterised, on the one hand, by maltreatment and death of parturients and, on the other, by the disappearance of babies that has been registered in the country\u201d.<\/p>\n

The most recent case happened to 37-year-old Leila Marinela, who was admitted to Maputo Provincial Hospital in Matola on the 4th of July. In tears, Leila recounts the horrors she experienced there. \u201cThey insulted me, told me to run so that the baby could be in a position that facilitates the birth, even though I complained of pain. Then they put me in a dark room and closed the door,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

From so much pain, she lost a lot of blood and then lost consciousness. \u201cI woke up in Maputo Central Hospital [Maputo city] without a uterus and, when I asked about my baby, they told me it was stillborn.\u201d But when she went to look for the baby\u2019s body at Maputo Provincial Hospital, \u201cthey told me that there was no record of any stillbirth that day\u201d.<\/p>\n

Civil society organisations are demanding that the health authorities investigate reported cases.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe cannot accept that entities that have a duty to protect [us] remain silent. We demand that an investigation be carried out and that disciplinary and criminal proceedings be instituted against the health professionals involved, and also an in-depth investigation into baby trafficking networks in health units,\u201d F\u00f3rum Mulher\u2019s Maira Domingos said.<\/p>\n

Regarding Cabo Delgado, the organisations denounce the lack of assistance to female victims of terrorism living in accommodation centres.<\/p>\n

In the coming days, the reports will form part of a criminal complaint which the 40 organisations that make up the Observat\u00f3rio da Mulher will file with the Attorney General\u2019s Office [PGR].<\/p>\n

By<\/b><\/p>\n

Isabel Manhi\u00e7a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. Pregnant women are reporting cases of mistreatment, abuse and the disappearance of babies during childbirth and immediately afterwards, allegedly carried out by health professionals in various hospitals in Mozambique, with most of the complaints coming from Cabo Delgado, Maputo city and Maputo province. 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