Dr Tigist Tesfa, Obstetrician and Gynecologist, Hamlin’s Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital
Dr Tigist is an obstetrician and gynecologist at Hamlin’s Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital. Here, the doctors usually give cesarean section service for mothers with previous birth injuries, including obstetric fistula. Usually, these patients have had an obstructed labor so a standard delivery is not recommended.
The Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia teams provide a maternal waiting area for women who came from rural areas where they can’t get access to a cesarean section delivery. The team give them a place to stay so they know the patient’s and the baby’s condition then, usually at 39 weeks of gestation, they do a cesarean section. Usually our patients recover quite fast.
Dr Tigist told us about her recent patient, a mother called Debritu. She has been at Hamlin's Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital for the past one month. 'She came from a warlike area so she came in early. She is lucky to have a safe and healthy delivery after the trauma of obstetric fistula, which she was cured from at this hospital', said Dr Tigist.
“We strive to give a positive birth experience. This is a happy story because not a lot of women are lucky to have a healthy baby in a good facility like this, so today is a good day for us and the family.” – Dr Tigist Tesfa
'Today we had a good experience', says Dr Tigist. 'We have a tradition of making a pleasant sound when the baby is born.'
Dr Tigist also had a message for the Hamlin community, 'I would like to thank all the partners and the donors for letting us do our best work here at the Hamlin Fistula Hospital.
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