Senegal: Three Midwives Convicted Over Death Of Pregnant Woman
People demonstrate during a sit-in to demand justice for Astou Sokhna and call for a more humane and patient-friendly health care system at the Place de la Nation in Dakar
Three Senegalese midwives involved in the death of a woman in labour have been found guilty of not assisting someone in danger.
They received six-month suspended sentences, after Astou Sokhna, died while reportedly begging for a Caesarean. Her unborn child also died.
Three other midwives who were also on trial were not found guilty
The case caused a national outcry with President Macky Sall ordering an investigation.
Mrs Sokhna was in her 30s when she passed away at a hospital in the northern town of Louga.
During her reported 20-hour labour ordeal, her pleas to doctors to carry out a Caesarean were i...
