Fistula treatment in Dhaka
More than 70.000 women in Bangaldesh suffer from fistulas which almost always cause incontinence. The victims are mostly very young and very poor girls who are left alone by their husbands and treated like outcasts by society. The Fistula Repair Centre at the Medical College Hospital in Dhaka is sponsored by the Untited Nations Population Fund. The success rate of the treatment here lies at 90%.