The Journalistic Investigations Center announced the launch of a campaign to support the disabled women’s access to the maternity hospital. The goal of the campaign is to change the attitude to the women with locomotor disabilities who should enjoy equal chances and rights when they are pregnant, IPN reports.
“Regrettably, in the Republic of Moldova there is only one perinatal center, the Mother and Child Institute, whose infrastructure is adjusted to the needs of women with disabilities and where the most difficult deliveries can be managed,” stated Boris Gîlcă, secretary of state at the Ministry of Health, Labor and Social Protection.
In a press club meeting that centered on the problems faced by pregnant women with disabilities, Boris Gîlcă said the maternity hospitals in Chisinau last year were supplied with gynecology chairs adjusted to the needs of women with locomotor disabilities. “We admit that we still have a lot to do to outfit the district maternity hospitals according to standards,” stated the secretary of state.
“I learned to claim rights and to demand to be given what I’m entitled to. That’s why I have a positive approach in the relations with doctors, with the gynecologist in particular,” stated Ludmila Iachim, executive director of the Association “Motivație”, who is a person with disabilities.
Olga Afanas, a young woman with disabilities, said she gave up going to the local polyclinic because of the way in which she is treated there. “It’s a pity that the state does not ensure the technological standards needed by the disabled women who are future mothers and that the diaspora had to mobilize and purchased the technical equipment that is absent in our country,” she stated.
UNFPA Representative in the Republic of Moldova Rita Columbia expressed her gratitude that the issue of the disabled women’s right to given birth is raised on World Contraception Day. “I’m glad that the mass media become involved. The journalists should promote success stories of women with disabilities who managed to bring up children despite the barriers that existed and continue to exist,” stated Rita Columbia.
According to the latest data presented by the National Bureau of Statistics of Moldova, the women with disabilities represent 47.8% of the total number of disabled persons.
