Here is the story of a woman who made the Fistula journey — in her own words.

I got married four years ago and then I got pregnant two years later. My pregnancy was fine. I was not sick until the labor. My family was with me during the labor and also my husband. I was in labor for a long time. On the 4th day, they took me to a health center. At the health center, I delivered a dead baby and they told me that I needed to come here to Addis Ababa to Fistula Hospital. My husband brought me here and he is waiting for me to get cured.

The people here [at Fistula Hospital] are very kind. They gave me an operation so that I would not leak anymore. I was not scared of the operation. I am happy to be cured and to be going home again. I don't know what I will do when I go home. I will get my health back first and then I will think about it.

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