Mastula was in a coma and near death for weeks following a complicated labor that resulted in fistula. Her relatives abandoned her, and her husband could not afford the medicine she needed. He locked her in a room, and then brought her to his second wife, who denied her food. Although her fistula is not fully repaired, she feels much better today and is grateful to be living on her own, with her son.
Added by LauraHadden on March 4, 2008