الخميس، 28 ديسمبر 2023

‘Going to hospital meant risking our lives’: the terror of giving birth in Gaza

Women such as Hanan face labour at home without medical help or pain relief, with only neighbours and relatives to help

When Hanan went into labour earlier this month, she was caught between the pain and fear of facing childbirth without medical help, and the terror of Israeli airstrikes and snipers if she tried to reach hospital.

With hospitals emptying of supplies, raided by the Israeli military and already filled far beyond capacity with victims of the war, she decided to bring her youngest son into the world at home.

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from Pregnancy | The Guardian https://ift.tt/qGkTVS9

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