Phase I excerpts by place of death |
As I was working in the fields, I realised that the child was in a critical condition and rushed back home. As I was preparing for going to seek treatment for him, the child died. To be frank, the child wasn’t taken to the health facility or the CHWs. As you can see, the child’s death came suddenly. (Parent of boy aged 2 years who died of epilepsy)
When I took the child to the CHW, I was told that medications were not available. I came back home. As I was preparing to go there in the morning, the child immediately died. (Parent of girl aged 3 years who died of an acute abdomen)
While I was thinking about that, I washed myself, and washed him too. By the time I wanted to carry him on my back, he died on the spot. (Parent of boy aged 1 year who died of malaria)
I immediately bathed the child and then applied body lotion to the child’s entire body. I then washed my body after which this one (her husband) arrived. The child immediately started falling into agony and died. It was around 8.00 pm. (Parent of boy aged 3 years with an unknown cause of death)
He will not recover but he will die at home at least. I wondered, “Shall I take a dead child to the health facility? What shall I say? What shall I do since the child did not have any fever?" I eventually put the baby on my back. They said, “Wash yourself and go even if it is almost over…I washed myself hastily and sought some clothes to dress the child". When I was ready, my mother said to me, "No need for the clothes: he has just died". I threw the clothes to them. (Parent of boy aged 2 years who died of malaria)
As I was preparing to take the baby to the health facility early in the morning, the baby passed away. (Parent of girl aged 1 year who died of malaria)
However, the child refused to eat and chose to go to bed. I asked myself, "Is this child suffering from intestinal parasites? Is he/she ill?" I immediately bathed the children and clothed them and then went to the nearest shop to buy juice and two biscuits for them. When I tried to give them the juice and biscuits, the children appeared to have no appetite. Even the juice and biscuits were still here after the burial of the child. (Parent of boy aged 3 years who died of an acute abdomen)
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