LERIBE– WHEN labour pains began for ’Mabakuena late last year, her loved ones sensed disaster. The nearest health centre, Khabo Clinic, was 10 kilometres away and the only way to get there was by foot – a two-hour long walk. So, to buy time, the women who were accompanying her to the clinic tied […]
Healthcare system buckles
MASERU-MARIA Boshofo’s one year old daughter/son came down with diarrhoea one night last month. In the morning, she could not get transport to rush her and her baby to Tsatsane Clinic due to lockdown travel restrictions.
Fearing the worst, she set for the three-hour journey to the clinic on foot, carrying her sick baby on the back – only to find the health facility closed.
“I was devastated,” the 26-year-old told thepost.
“I had not slept at night because my baby was very sick. I had no other option because I feared that my baby would die,” she says.