Médecins Sans Frontières - Kgaladi's Story (Full version / EN)

Unique Identifier Code / URN MSF260832

Date taken / Date Recorded 28/02/2019 12:00 AM

Country Unspecified Country

Commissioning section MSF-AUSTRALIA

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Additional Information / Shotlist When a woman says she does not want this pregnancy

she does not want the pregnancy

and they will go out of their way

to have that pregnancy terminated.

One lady went to all the clinics

asking: where can I get access to termination of pregnancy?

Everybody was telling her: 'no, we don't do it here.'

'Go to the hospital'

At the hospital they'll chase her away.

She goes to another clinic

and they tell her: 'No, we are fully booked.'

That's when it hit me like it's real out there,

that there's people looking for abortion

and they're not able to get it.

IN HER MOMENT OF NEED // Kgaladi's Story

Our role is: we want to have 100% access to choice of termination of pregnancy (CTOP)

in all the health care facilities around the district.

and show that providing abortion services,

is possible in the facilities.

I think there is a lack of knowledge

of people understanding of how the procedure works

and what is being done.

There's also a lack of mentoring.

There are trained nurses in the clinics

but there's not really a proper follow up system.

That's where we've been trying to help here and there

and buy equipment and help them set up.

We document everything and we want it in the end be used in the district full stop here

and nationally as well.

I want to be a nurse, I want to help people

and part of helping people is also providing abortion services.

It's not my place to judge.

Don't make it any more difficult than it is already for them.

Health care services there's difficult decisions,

people have to do,

and then you just have to be there and help them

and support them every how that you can.