A 32-year-old woman of Kabanana compound in Lusaka Masiliso Maoma is nursing a two-year-old son who was born with a closed anus and a hole in the heart.
The condition has brought challenges in the child’s life and caused discomfort as he uses an opening on the intestines during bowel movement.
Imperforate anus is a major form of anorectal malformations in which the baby is born without a normal anal opening.
The single mother of three was equally diagnosed with cervical cancer and now is unable to fend for her children.
By Victoria Kayeye Yambani
