Deaths from Childbirth in Paraguay – Muerte por parto en Paraguay
Minimum hygiene measures are not respected. A newborn baby is assisted by a nurse who makes the first care without gloves.
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Deaths from Childbirth in Paraguay – Muerte por parto en Paraguay
In the few vaginal births that take place, girls are often left without strength, so doctors use techniques into disuse as a last resort to save the baby’s life. by Rodrigo Alfaro Eighteen hundred newborns die each year from unsafe deliveries in Paraguay, and at least 1,500 children lose their mother from preventable causes related to childbirth. This is just [...]
Deaths from Childbirth in Paraguay – Muerte por parto en Paraguay
In the ICU, a mother feeds her child. In Paraguay, only 20 out of 100 children are breastfed.
Deaths from Childbirth in Paraguay – Muerte por parto en Paraguay
A dying child was treated and sent home with his mother. The inability to make studies in the hospital leaves him undiagnosed, now he must take care of himself in order to survive.
Deaths from Childbirth in Paraguay – Muerte por parto en Paraguay
The Legrado ward does not rest: there aren't enough Doctors for all the teenagers that come to the hospital in critical condition due to poorly performed abortions.
Deaths from Childbirth in Paraguay – Muerte por parto en Paraguay
With clothes, blankets and food brought by their families, young girls recover from their birth without the necessary attention.
Deaths from Childbirth in Paraguay – Muerte por parto en Paraguay
Statistics do not correspond to the reality of the maternity wards, where half of the mothers are usually minors.
Deaths from Childbirth in Paraguay – Muerte por parto en Paraguay
Premature children born in Asuncion are assisted with available resources, rural physicians do not have a chance to keep them alive.
Deaths from Childbirth in Paraguay – Muerte por parto en Paraguay
Mothers and children live with other patients, with no protection against the "vinchuca" and they are a room away from the tuberculosis-infected area.
Deaths from Childbirth in Paraguay – Muerte por parto en Paraguay
lacking of medical records and studies, 90% of births are by Caesarean section, an intervention of which many women are afraid to