Project Report
| Jan 2, 2013
24 Fistula surgery in a camp Nov 3-13, 2012
By Iftikher Mahmood, MD | President and Founder
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Ms. Kate Grant hears a fistula patient's story
Dr. Steve Arrowsmith, a noted obstetric fistula surgeon from Michigan, USA led another fistula surgery camp in November, 2012 and surgically treated 24 very poor women who came from all over the southern part of Bangladesh to seek help. Dr. Nrinmoy Biswas, fistula surgeon of the Hope Hospital assisted Dr. Arrowsmith in the camp.These women are very poor and have been suffering for many years and they live isolated lives due to fistula. After receiving care most of them will be able to get back their normal lives, hopefully will find a job and a place in the society. Hope Foundation provides counselling and help these women to reintegrate in the community through finding employment as well.
Due to the camp in November, 2012 HopeFoundation's fistula work received major publicity in the country. Many more poor women are coming to Hope Hospital for help. Fistula rate is very high in southern part of Bangladesh, where Hope Foundation operates, due to lack of access to emergency obstetric care(EOC) and high rate of home delivery. It is estimated that in Bangladesh there are over 70,000 cases of obstetric fistula. Thanks to our donors for their help in this important project of Hope Foundation
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Oct 5, 2012
21 Obstetric Fistula Surgeries Completed!
By Amara Huda | Hope Foundation Volunteer
Ayesha Siddiqua was married by the age of 12 and gave birth to her first child by the age of 14. Her birth attendant during labor discouraged her family from taking her to the hospital for delivery. Due to the limitations of a home delivery, she suffered from an obstructed labour and developed a Vesicovaginal Fistula (VVF). For four years, Ayesha coped with the effects of urine incontinence. Although she visited 7 different hospitals to receive treatment, the constraint of poverty always remained an obstacle. Finally, she came to Hope Foundation's Cox's Bazar Hospital for Women and Children where she was welcomed by Dr. Arrowsmith and his team of medical assistants. After receiving her surgery, Ayesha expressed her desire to become a trained delivery assistant in order to prevent women from suffering the same complications.
Dr. Arrowsmith successfully operated on 20 other patients in addition to Ayesha. The complex nature of fistula surgeries attracted doctors from Chittagong Medical College and Chittagong Ma O Shishu Medical College who learned by watching the procedure. Jolene Webes, a Canadian National Nurse, assisted in the surgeries and trained the nurses on staff how to achieve quality care for post-operative fistula patients. Due to increased numbers of patients, Dr. Arrowsmith will be returning to Bangladesh for another fistula camp in November 2012.
Thank you for all your support and donations! Great work has been accomplished and it was all because of your help. Please stay updated on our progress by checking our website for the latest newsletters from the field: www.hopeforbangladesh.org
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Apr 16, 2012
Fistula Surgery Camp at Hospital
By Iftikher Mahmood | President
At this moment, between April 14th and April 21st 2012, fistula surgeries are being performed at Cox's Bazar Hospital for Women and Children. Sponsored by the Fistula Foundation, these surgeries are being performed by an experienced surgeon, Dr. Arrowsmith from the US who has traveled many times to Africa to help heal poor women suffering from fistula. This is his first visit in his 30 year career of fistula surgery missions to Bangladesh. The need for these types of missions is very great in this country where so many women suffer in silence for years from obstetric fistula. With your help, and the help of our partners, Hope Foundation aims to reach out to the many women suffering in silence and help them recover from this devastating affliction. Thank you for your help. Keep updated on our progress by checking our website for latest newsletters from the field. www.hopeforbangladesh.org
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