Woman sterilised without consent: 'The doctor insulted me, shouted at me and told me I could not get pregnant again because it would be unfair for working citizens to be the ones responsible for paying for our children’s HIV treatment with their tax money”
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Dladla alleges that she only learnt that her Fallopian tubes had been tied after she gave birth to her son 10 years ago at a public hospital in KwaZulu-Natal. The report accounts solely for documented cases of forced or coerced sterilisation in two provinces, with most being from KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng state hospitals.
“She assured me that it was something temporary and I would conceive again after five years. The doctor told me that their reasons for the sterilisation were that I was HIV-positive and my child and I were going to die anyway, so I couldn’t have more children. Dlala says she tried everything to please her frustrated husband, going as far as faking a pregnancy because she had hope that one day she would fall pregnant.They’ve even consulted traditional healers, without any luck.
“I wasn’t aware that my tubes were tied until I met my ideal man in 2012, who wanted to have a child with me. But after trying multiple times to conceive, nothing was happening. He was even ready to pay lobolo, but when he realised that I was not falling pregnant he changed his mind and left me,” she weeps.
"The doctor insulted me, shouted at me and told me that I could not get pregnant again because it would be unfair for working citizens to be the ones responsible for paying for our children’s HIV treatment with their tax money.” Fredericks explained that the department ought to take responsibility and be held accountable for human rights violations.
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