Mother dies from COVID-19 after giving birth, never had the chance to meet her newborn son
By daisydoll
Right now, everyone's fear has to be to be infected with coronavirus. This brings much uncertainty, especially to women who are pregnant
Wogene Debele started feeling sick a few weeks before her due date. She was sent to the hospital and delivered her newborn baby boy, but after three weeks of battling COVID-19, she passed away.
Wogene never had to chance to see her precious baby boy.
GoFundMe/Support Wogene Debele’s family
Takoma Park Mayor Kate Stewart, the mayor of the Maryland town where Wogene and her family lived, announced the baby boy was home with his father and three siblings.“This is a family that everyone in our community knew,” Stewart said.
So far the community has come together and raised $145,000 for the family, and now they’re working on planning a candlelight vigil.
The pandemic is preventing the family from properly grieving.
Tebabu Assefa, who spoke on behalf of the family, said that because of restrictions put in place due to the coronavirus, the Debele family won’t be able to properly mourn Wogene.
“In the Ethiopian culture, people mourn for three, four, five weeks. And friends and family from near and far would come and live with you for several weeks and cook and pray and mourn with you. And they’ll be denied that,” he said. “That in itself is another issue. They can’t do that right now.”
He’s currently working with the city to plan a virtual candlelight vigil to honor Wogene.
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