Mrs Koumate Monique was a cameroonian woman pregnant
of twins. On the day of delivery she went to the hospital, but was denied
medical attention, since she had no money.
She died at the gates of one of the main public
hospitals of the city Douala (Hopital la Quintinie). However the babies in her
womb were still alive. The niece of the deceased demanded that at least the
lives of the babies be saved by immediate medical intervention, and she would
pay for the intervention later on, but all to no avail.
This poor niece, alone with the deceased aunt and
the babies moving in the womb, felt she was obliged to operate her aunt
herself. She bought a blade in a shop close by, and in the midst of an amazed
crowd cut the womb of the dead woman, in an attempt to save the babies.
One of the twins came out dead. The other was still
breathing but some minutes later on died.
In recent weeks/months, there has been a huge number
of people dying at the gates of cameroonian public hospitals, because they did
not have the money to be taken care of.
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