In Nepal, when aid workers stopped coming, women and babies started dying
GAUR, Nepal — The young mother’s breath had grown ragged. Inside her mud home in rural Nepal, she hunched over in agony, pain pummeling her pregnant belly, her swollen legs scarcely able to support her. Kabita Mukhiya was in the midst of an emergency, but didn’t know it. For weeks, she’d suffered at home, because there was nobody around to tell her to rush to a hospital. The aid workers who once…
In a remote village of Nepal, a young mother named Kabita Mukhiya found herself in a life-threatening emergency while pregnant. However, she was unaware of the severity of her situation. Weeks had passed since she experienced pain and discomfort, but there were no assistance workers from an international organization to inform her about the urgency of her condition.
The organization had been providing care to pregnant women in the village, but due to budget cuts by the United States, their program to prevent maternal and infant mortality had come to an end. Kabita, who was uneducated and living in poverty, lacked the knowledge to recognize the danger she was in. In her desperation, she sought help from her aunt, who managed to take her to the hospital.
Both women were in tears as they witnessed the doctors attempting to save their lives. It was then that Kabita, overwhelmed and confused, turned to prayer, hoping for a miracle.
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