BY SUZAN EDEH

BAUCHI— Pregnant women residing in rural areas of Bauchi State have accused nurses and doctors of molesting them during delivery, saying that the situation has increased the rate of mother and child mortality.
Vanguard investigation shows that most of the pregnant women residing in villages like Bayara, Turum, Durum and Kangare are unhappy with treatment they get from the various hospitals leading  to complications during delivery.

At the Bayara Specialist Hospital in Bauchi, a pregnant woman and a mother of three, Aishatu Danladi complained of the maltreatment she received from some of the nurses during her first delivery, describing her experience as very traumatic.
According to her, “during my first delivery I had a very nasty experience because of the way some of the nurses treated me.

“When the labour started, I was rushed to the hospital by my husband but when we arrived at the theatre, they abandoned me, telling me that they had other patients to attend to.”
Aishatu said that she resolved never to attend any ante-natal service again, but to have her babies at home like her fellow women in the villages.

For Zuwaira Musa, she agreed with her husband to give birth at home because of the ill-treatment by nurses and doctors during labour.
“I have six children and I gave birth to all of them at home. I resolved to giving birth at home because of the way the nurses treat people like animals
“.I don’t think I deserve to be treated in such a way”.

In her reaction, the chief matron of the ante-natal unit in Bayara Specialist Hospital. Mrs Lious Danladi refuted the allegation that nurses maltreat pregnant women during delivery, saying it is false and does not correspond with the ethics of the medical profession.