The number of people seeking safe abortion at the listed health facilities in Dadeldhura has increased. According to the Health Office, 854 women have had safe abortions in Dadeldhura so far this fiscal year. Twenty listed health institutions in all the seven local levels of Dadeldhura have been providing safe abortion services. Health workers have stated that safe abortion can be done through two methods including medicine and surgery. Health Office Family Planning Coordinator Bhavani Kunwar informed that 815 people had safe abortion through medicine and 39 through surgery. A total of 157 safe abortions have been performed at Dadeldhura Hospital.
In a discussion program on sexual and reproductive health rights organized by the Community Development Forum at the district headquarters today, the officials mentioned that unsafe abortion is more common than safe.
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