Backyard abortions on the rise

Thursday, October 22, 2015

FRANCISTOWN: Nyangabgwe Referral Hospital (NRH) is overwhelmed by high cases of unsafe abortion, something worrying to health workers.

During the debate on abortion held by the Botswana Family Welfare Association (BOFWA) at Francistown College of Education on Wednesday Dr Thato Kabondora explained that on a daily basis at the hospital, they deal with many cases of unsafe abortion. This, the doctor said, calls for a need for women to be sensitised on the danger of unsafe abortion from an early age.

She said that on average NRH attends to 80 cases of abortion not knowing if it was natural or planned abortion whilst in a year they attend to about 950.

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