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The catalogue of agony that expectant mothers go through in labour wards and delivery rooms is quite lengthy. Apart from the drama some women pull during labour, there is also the nasty element of doctors and nurses who mistreat such women.
Last year, the Ministry of Health, National Nurses Association of Kenya, the Federation of Women Lawyers and the American NGO Population Council published data showing one in five women giving birth in local hospitals is humiliated, abused or asked for a bribe.
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