Joba K., 22

Joba Khatun is a resilient 22-year-old woman who lives with her husband, elderly parents, and younger brother in a family of five. Her husband is the family's only earning member, working as an agricultural day laborer with a monthly income of approximately BDT 8,000, which is barely enough to cover food and other essential expenses, leaving the family unable to afford the cost of hospitalization, surgery, medicines, and delivery-related treatment. After learning about Helpster Charity through a staff member of Life Care Hospital, the family sought assistance in the hope of accessing the urgent medical care Joba requires. Despite exhausting their limited resources, they cannot continue her treatment without financial support. Without timely treatment, her breech pregnancy with anemia may lead to obstructed labor, severe bleeding, fetal distress, birth injury, stillbirth, or other life-threatening complications that could endanger both the mother and her baby.

Doctors have recommended a Lower Uterine Caesarean Section (LUCS) along with supportive treatment and close monitoring to safely manage Joba Khatun’s 38-week pregnancy complicated by breech presentation and anemia, and to ensure the best possible outcome for both mother and baby. With timely surgery and appropriate medical care, there is a strong chance of a safe delivery and gradual recovery, allowing Joba Khatun to return home and care for her newborn. The treatment will help minimize the risks associated with breech presentation and maternal anemia while enabling doctors to closely monitor the baby’s condition throughout the delivery. However, if proper treatment and timely delivery are delayed, serious complications such as difficult labor, fetal distress, umbilical cord complications, reduced oxygen supply to the baby, excessive maternal weakness, and other life-threatening risks for both the mother and baby may occur.