SL Mothers Face Abuse in Hospitals
The 75-page study, ‘No Money, No Care: Obstetric Violence in Sierra Leone’, documents cases of verbal abuse, medical neglect, and abandonment, primarily at the Princess Christian Maternity Hospital (PCMH) in Freetown. Many women interviewed said they were shamed or mistreated for expressing pain or for lacking money. Some described being ignored for hours or days,…