Mona was about to give birth. She expected the 40km journey to the hospital would take four hours from her home on mountains. But with no roads, bearing pains (疼痛) and bad weather—it took seven hours instead. “With every step the camel (骆驼) took forward, I was torn apart,” she said. When the camel could go no further, Mona got down. She walked the final leg of her journey with heavy steps.
Mona held on to the camel. She feared for her safety and that of her unborn child. “There were many rocks on the road. The trip was really tiring. I hoped that God would take me away and protect my baby. I just want to stay away from the pain,” she said. Mona doesn’t remember arriving at the hospital. But she does remember being filled with hope after hearing her baby’s cries.
The roads to the hospital are very small and dangerous. Family members often help pregnant (怀孕的) women for hours through the hills to the hospital. Salma Abdu, 33, who was a mother, said that halfway through her journey, she saw a pregnant woman who had died at night on her way.
According to the United Nations (UN), in Yemen, a woman dies every two hours while giving birth. They die for reasons which could be stopped. Women in the far parts of Yemen don’t have enough check-ups, because hospitals don’t have enough skilled doctors, equipment and medicines. The roads are also small and dangerous.
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