UTERINE PROLAPSE
The Kathmandu Post
18 August 2010
Bhawana Upadhyay’s heart touching article reminded me of my 10 years working with Swiss funded rural health development project in Dolakha and Ramechhap districts where thousands of rural women were leading miserable lives due to Uterine Prolapse (UP) syndrome (“Fallen womb”, Aug.17, Page 7). Many of them showed up at the health camps only at the urging of project field staff. Otherwise, as Upadhyay mentions, women suffering from UP do not reveal their troubles due to social stigma attached to the problem.
In Nepal, experienced human resources for the UP treatment are available. However, owing to an absence of a proper health policy, many rural women continue to spend miserable lives and even die silent deaths from this curable problem.
Rai Biren Bangdel
Maharjgunj, Kathmandu
18 August 2010
Bhawana Upadhyay’s heart touching article reminded me of my 10 years working with Swiss funded rural health development project in Dolakha and Ramechhap districts where thousands of rural women were leading miserable lives due to Uterine Prolapse (UP) syndrome (“Fallen womb”, Aug.17, Page 7). Many of them showed up at the health camps only at the urging of project field staff. Otherwise, as Upadhyay mentions, women suffering from UP do not reveal their troubles due to social stigma attached to the problem.
In Nepal, experienced human resources for the UP treatment are available. However, owing to an absence of a proper health policy, many rural women continue to spend miserable lives and even die silent deaths from this curable problem.
Rai Biren Bangdel
Maharjgunj, Kathmandu
