A couple of days ago i at about 7-am, i was sleeping peacefully when the vibration of my phone woke me up from my beauty sleep not too happy about this i reluctantly answered the call, from sleep i was able to recognize the voice of a friend of mine saying. . . . . . .
hello, Medina are you there, Medina talk to me.
still drowsy from sleep i couldn't make out what she was saying,but i quickly straightened up on bed to clear my head.
she scrambled on not evan realizing i couldn't understand a thing she was saying.
finally i made her calm down and start all over.
Medina, i had an abortion and now i have this stomach pain and it really hurts, i cant eat, use the bathroom or do anything reasonable with myself right now.
By now my head was clear enough as it felt as though my ears had grown suddenly bigger and was taking everything in as fast as it came.
Medina, say something, i didn't know who else to call, i know you know all these stuffs about sexual health because you keep ranting on and on about it. Do they treat people where you work? OMG what should i do?
The first thought that came to my mind was the fact that she needed to visit a youth friendly centre as soon as possible, but that wouldn't be happening as
the only youth friendly centre we had in our school was not functioning as there was no medical personnel, counselors and facilities for work, the next thought was to get her to a hospital as soon as possible. The call clicked and ended but not until we had agreed to meet at the hospital gate.
We met at the hospital a few minutes past 9-am, and as we walked down the road that lead to the wards i began to ask my questions which made me find out that she had been having sex with a banker who gave her money in return for her "services". she went to him when she was pregnant and he gave her some money to get an abortion and that took her to a clinic quite far from school where a doctor or whatever he as performed the abortion.
Finally after she had seen a doctor and gotten some medication and we were walking back to the gates i began to reflect on the happenings of that short but also long morning and i realized that there are actually three issues that needed to be addressed here, the fact that young gils in the country would go as far as indulging in sex work without even realizing it, the urgent need of youth friendly centers in all our higher institutions and also the creation of a law guarding young girls that seek to have an abortion. We need to have a voice that will also influence the government as cases of abortion gone wrong are one to many and something needs to be done to stop it. so young people out there lets start talking and acting now!!!