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Maura Lynch was born in #Cork in 1938, into an #Irish-speaking family. Maura entered the convent of the Medical Missionaries of Mary just before her 18th birthday. #IrishWomenInHistory #NollaigNamBan #Gaelige #MedTwitter #IrishHistory #History
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Maura Lynch was born in #Cork in 1938, into an #Irish-speaking family. Maura entered the convent of the Medical Missionaries of Mary just before her 18th birthday. #IrishWomenInHistory #NollaigNamBan #Gaelige #MedTwitter #IrishHistory #History
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Maura studied #medicine at @ucddublin, & did further training in #Obstetrics & #Gynaecology in London.
From the late 1960s, Maura worked in #Angola, which was then known as Portuguese West Africa, as the medical director of a major hospital. #IrishWomenInHistory #MedTwitter
Maura studied #medicine at @ucddublin, & did further training in #Obstetrics & #Gynaecology in London.
From the late 1960s, Maura worked in #Angola, which was then known as Portuguese West Africa, as the medical director of a major hospital. #IrishWomenInHistory #MedTwitter
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The #hospital treated many of those injured in the Angolan War of Independence & the 1975 #AngolanCivilWar. From the 1980s, Maura's main medical focus was the treatment of obstetrical fistulae. #IrishWomenInHistory #NollaigNamBan
The #hospital treated many of those injured in the Angolan War of Independence & the 1975 #AngolanCivilWar. From the 1980s, Maura's main medical focus was the treatment of obstetrical fistulae. #IrishWomenInHistory #NollaigNamBan
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An obstetric fistula is a complication of childbirth when the birth canal, the vagina, is injured so badly that a hole develops between the vagina & the rectum &/or the bladder, leading to problems such as incontinence, chronic pain, mental illness, social isolation, & more.
An obstetric fistula is a complication of childbirth when the birth canal, the vagina, is injured so badly that a hole develops between the vagina & the rectum &/or the bladder, leading to problems such as incontinence, chronic pain, mental illness, social isolation, & more.
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#Obstetricfistulae are especially common in #women who give birth very young, women who have experienced malnourishment & women who have experienced #FGM ( #Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting). #IrishWomenInHistory #NollaigNamBan #EndFGM #WomensHealth
#Obstetricfistulae are especially common in #women who give birth very young, women who have experienced malnourishment & women who have experienced #FGM ( #Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting). #IrishWomenInHistory #NollaigNamBan #EndFGM #WomensHealth
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When an experienced #surgeon is available, they can generally be successfully repaired, but in many developing countries, women are left to live with this problem for years, or even the rest of their lives. #IrishWomenInHistory #NollaigNamBan
When an experienced #surgeon is available, they can generally be successfully repaired, but in many developing countries, women are left to live with this problem for years, or even the rest of their lives. #IrishWomenInHistory #NollaigNamBan
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Maura became well-known for her work in treating obstetric #fistulae. In 2007, #UCD awarded her an Honorary Fellowship of the School of #Medicine. In 2013 she was given an honorary Fellowship in Obstetrics & Gynaecology from London College of #Obstetrics & #Gynaecology.
Maura became well-known for her work in treating obstetric #fistulae. In 2007, #UCD awarded her an Honorary Fellowship of the School of #Medicine. In 2013 she was given an honorary Fellowship in Obstetrics & Gynaecology from London College of #Obstetrics & #Gynaecology.
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In 2015 she was awarded the Council of Europe's North-South Prize. Maura's work & the work of others in her field, shows starkly how #female #reproductivehealth must be central to any human rights-based approach to #women's rights.
#IrishWomenInHistory #NollaigNamBan
In 2015 she was awarded the Council of Europe's North-South Prize. Maura's work & the work of others in her field, shows starkly how #female #reproductivehealth must be central to any human rights-based approach to #women's rights.
#IrishWomenInHistory #NollaigNamBan
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Today in #Ireland, most women have safe births, but scandals such as the use of #symphysiotomy date to the recent past. Throughout history the fields of #gynaecology & obstretrics have been battlegrounds on which the fight for basic, essential women's rights have been fought.
Today in #Ireland, most women have safe births, but scandals such as the use of #symphysiotomy date to the recent past. Throughout history the fields of #gynaecology & obstretrics have been battlegrounds on which the fight for basic, essential women's rights have been fought.
