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In 2016 English midwife Indie joined the staff at Attat Hospital in southwestern Ethiopia where Atsede led the midwifery services It was a meeting that would change their lives Their close professional relationship and deep personal friendship led to them opening a birth centre serving the Gurage women and families of Cheha Woreda bringing compassionate midwifery care into the heart of traditional communities
Through the two midwives eyes as they recount stories from the women they have cared for over the years we experience the lives of the Gurage people in rich detail From one night shift which saw Atsede attend 16 births and 17 babies born to the day there was a donkey mysteriously tied up inside the hospital By way of undiagnosed birth defects the ramifications of female circumcision obstetric emergencies and long hours of ordinary extraordinary births what shines through is a deep and abiding love for the women in their care and respect for each other and the colleagues they work alongside
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