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Africa-Press<\/a> – Mozambique<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>This week, Mozambican civil society associations presented at a press conference the story of a mother who gave birth at the Matola Provincial Hospital. The mother told journalists that she was sedated and neither she nor her family ever received the body of her baby after giving birth in hospital, which she accuses of other forms of ill-treatment.<\/p>\n

According to director of the health unit Ana Paula Rodrigues, cited by Radio Mozambique this Wednesday (October 13), the matter concerns the death of a newborn shortly after delivery.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter the caesarean, the female stillbirth was extracted and removed to the morgue,\u201d said the director, denying any possibility of the baby\u2019s disappearance, as the mother alleged.<\/p>\n

According to Ana Paula Rodrigues, the family members returned to the hospital \u201cto find out about the stillbirth, [and] took the death certificate, but did not confirm [see]\u201d the body, but returned some days later, saying they \u201cwanted the baby that had been stolen\u201d, on the premise that the baby had been taken from them.<\/p>\n

The family paid more visits to the hospital, but when they went to the morgue, the body \u201chad been removed, following legal procedures,\u201d she said, without elaborating further.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince then, we have seen the monitoring of other instances, both by the Ministry of Health, as well as the provincial health services,\u201d Rodrigues added.<\/p>\n

The case serves to illustrate the complaints, collated by 40 organisations, concerning violence in maternity hospitals in the country and the suspected trafficking of babies.<\/p>\n

Mozambique: Civil society denounces violence against pregnant women<\/p>\n

The associations denounce cases of prenatal, childbirth and postpartum violence in hospitals across the country, calling for an investigation and the accountability of any health professionals involved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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