Parents open civil case against ‘radical birth keeper’
/ 12 December 2022

Parents open civil case against ‘radical birth keeper’

Ernie Chirwa and her partner Chifundo Bingala have turned to a Cape Town law specialist after their twins died

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Obstetric violence: The hard labour of delivery
/ 13 July 2022

Obstetric violence: The hard labour of delivery

Health workers in dysfunctional settings may abuse birthing patients as part of a strange rite of passage, and low-income women with less agency are more likely to suffer obstetric violence. This final year medical student relates his experience

The ‘radical birth keeper’ involved in twin baby deaths
/ 19 April 2022

The ‘radical birth keeper’ involved in twin baby deaths

Negligence of ‘birth keeper’ could have caused death of twins, who were stillborn.

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