Where Children are born!
Im sure many have seen the photos commissioned by Save the children with the theme ‘where children sleep’. The photographer was supposed to come up with a theme that reflects the disparity of life and standards of living amongst children everywhere. I can come up with another theme: Where children are born! I have supervised births in rural health centers in Africa and Ill paint a view for you. The room was small and clean, the delivery couch bore witness to the numbers of mothers who had climbed up on the couch. Thanks to an International Organization there was one tap with running water just beside the bed. One red bucket converted to a trash can. A shelf that held hospital supplies, syringes, needles, a table with sterilized equipment for deliveries and vaginal exams. The window shutters opening to the streets where the dust billows some settling on the doctor and the patient. The heat in the room is unbearable and temperatures reach 40 degrees in the middle of the day. No a