The OCC is designed to be trauma-sensitive in many ways. The gynecological emergency ward is not. The OCC lies across a collapsible gate, and is only opened from inside to certain people. The centre is equipped with a separate enclosure for physical and forensic examinations.

For rape survivors, a hospital is the first safe space they are taken to, making it imperative that the physical examination be more sensitive after what they went through.

The 13-year-old, for example, was raped for a year under the direct patronage of her father and grandmother, making trauma an ingrained part of her life.

“When he came into the house, I used to be taken to the balcony. My father had bought a quilt and that used to be spread on the floor,” the girl described, “When it was done, my father would come back, fix my clothes, and carry me back to my grandmother’s bed.”

“This happened every day.”

The survivor has asked her uncle to buy her a head-to-toe burkha, that covers everything except her eyes. Her uncle complied, buying a royal blue burkha for her. He showed a photo of the new acquisition.