STERILISATION
from SABC Joburg News Features Hosted by SABC News and Current Affairs
Victims of forced sterilisation are taking the health department to court. They are accusing the department of health and the Commission for Gender Equality of not taking them seriously. This comes after the CGE issued an investigative report on how 48 HIV positive women were forced to sign consent forms under the guise that they were approving a caesarean section, when instead the nurses and doctors would sterilise them. This allegedly took place in 15 public health facilities in KwaZulu Natal and Gauteng. Thabile Mbhele reports...
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