Editor,The nurses should be trained to treat women in labour kindly and respectfully. There are so many horrific stories of how women are treated during childbirth by nurses and they do not talk about it publically.

There should be awareness among nurses not to be harsh to a woman going through labour. Uwera, Ottawa, CanadaReaction to the story, "Fistula patients still live in hiding, says health official”, (The New Times, May 24)