Because of you, Tirunesh is cured from obstetric fistula and is looking forward to the future.
Tirunesh lives with her husband and two year old child in southern Ethiopia. She was delighted when she found out she was expecting her second child.
After six days in obstructed labor, she delivered a stillborn baby and sustained an obstetric fistula.
Tirunesh lived with an obstetric fistula injury for a year. Hidden away at home, she became malnourished as she refused to eat to prevent soiling herself.
“Since the injury, I do not go to the market or to church. When I tried to go to church I leaked urine and people shunned me. It was very embarrassing.” - Tirunesh
Tirunesh heard about Hamlin’s Yirgalem Fistula Hospital from a woman who had been treated there. She travelled there with her mother and child and received surgery that transformed her life.
“I am dry and cured now. Thank you to everyone who supported me.” - Tirunesh
