Permanently lose the ability to do the mother because of family violence

According to Mr. Nguyen Viet Tien, family violence alarmed to the extent that, had the provinces each year there are about 500-600 victims of family violence. There are even up to thousands of local cases.

Mr. Nguyen Viet Tien- Deputy Minister of health.

"There are not a few pregnant women to abortion, lost children, cut the uterus, permanently lost the ability to do mother-natural function of the woman just because ... her husband was violent,"-He said.

Many years in the profession, he witnessed no fewer patients with her husband when the violence into the hospital to treat many different medical disciplines. There are cases of death, serious injury, including cranial trauma, rupture of the organ ...

In particular, the consequences such as miscarriage, death of the birth, abortion. that women ever pregnant suffered when her husband of domestic violence is much higher than with the group not to be violent. In it, 30% of women to abortion is due to domestic violence, 21% suffer miscarriage.

Due to domestic violence, the ratio of women have poor health, walking difficulties, impaired memory, intending to commit suicide ... were higher or twice as high compared to groups of women who do not suffer from domestic violence. In it, the percentage of people who have the intention of suicide is highest (almost 30%).

Family violence. Photo illustrations.

Consequences of violence to health, reproductive health is huge, can lead to depression, psychosis, insomnia, erratic eating, depletion and suicide. Sexual violence, especially from a young, can lead to negative behavior at maturity as addicted to alcohol, tobacco or other dangerous sexual behavior.

Obstetrician Phan Thu Hien-expert U.n. Population Fund in Vietnam said: "Vietnam Women tend to suffer violence by her husband three times higher compared to the other object. Figures published in 2012 shows: the estimated cost of the loss of income due to family violence caused by approximately 1.78% of GDP of Vietnam (2010) ".

Currently, the examination system from central to local levels have more than 1150 hospitals, health stations and 10000 the private medical facility. But only 5-7% of domestic violence victims to the hospital, the medical facility. Almost 50% of women with my husband cause violence don't tell anyone; 87% did not go "knocking distress" at any place.=