Seeking A Hospital for the Treatment of an Unborn Dead Fetus

The fetus in Martha's womb was thought to have died before Saturday (6/8/2022). With the body of the fetus in the womb for more than a week, she boarded a ship looking for a hospital that could help her.

KOMPAS/FRANSISKUS PATI HERIN

Martha Manuputty (25) is being treated on the pioneer ship KM Sabuk Nusantara 87 which sailed from Lirang Island, Southwest Maluku Regency, Maluku Province to Kupang City, East Nusa Tenggara Province on Thursday (11/8/2022). The fetus in Martha's womb is thought to have died. Lirang, where Martha comes from, is one of the outer islands.

With anxious face, Martha Manuputty (25) came to check her pregnancy health condition at the Community Health Center (Puskesmas) Ustutun, in Lirang Island, Southwest Maluku regency, Maluku, on Saturday (6/8). She was worried about the safety of the fetus in her 32-week-old pregnancy. For the past two days, there had been no movement.

The midwife who checked her pregnancy confirmed the foreboding feeling haunting Martha. Fetal heartbeat was no longer detected; the fetus was presumed to have died. She almost fainted. Puskemas Ustutun issued a referral letter asking that Martha be immediately taken to the Moa Regional General Hospital, in the capital of Southwest Maluku regency.