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| UN Women |
Can someone tell the Cameroon government that they have completely missed the point.
It is one thing to quickly blame a helpless woman for trying to deliver a dying sister’s twins but another to accept the blame as an institution for failing to protect women, ensuring their complete safety, and also that they can access quality health care and services.
Recently, the Minister of Health; Mr. Mama Fouda, held a press meeting disclaiming the public views on “medical negligence”, rather blaming the deceased 31 year old pregnant, Ms. Monique Koumate, for not attaining ante-natal (maternity) care. The Minister in his press statement also condemned the amateur surgical procedure of the relation of the deceased in attempt to save the twin, in which he described the act as “barbaric and an attack on the dignity of the body of the deceased”.
The Governor of the Littoral region, on the other hand also held a press conference, accusing citizens for propagating false information and that Monique Koumate’s dead is “just an incident like many others”.
“… people die everyday” he added.
