Teething challeges disabled pregnant women face at public hospitals

The stress of carrying pregnancy, ranging from the weight of the foetus to vomiting, regular passing of urine and sometimes bleeding, tend to overwhelm even able bodied women, how much more physically challenged women who may be blind, lame or deaf and dumb, yet heavy with pregnancies.

For these physically challenged pregnant women, one of their greatest problems is difficulty in accessing anti-natal care at hospitals, which is a key requirement in having healthy pregnancy.

Correspondent Martina Ogbonna in this report takes a look at the stress physically challenged pregnant women face in accessing healthcare at public hospitals.