Hamlin Fistula UK

Exclusively supporting the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital in Ethiopia

   

 

One Woman's Story

A patient arriving at the hospital in rags, in a confused and anxious state accompanied by her brother. They have walked many miles - maybe two hundred and are in a sad and filthy state.  Her husband has probably abandoned her. She has been shunned by her friends because of her offensive smell.

Within two days, she made a friend and was smiling again.

Cleaned up, in her bed awaiting her operation the following day.

  She was completely cured within three weeks of admission to the hospital.
 

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This site was last updated 07/08/08