A devastated dad alleged to have been sold a cheap dummy by the Middelburg Provincial Hospital when his pregnant wife went to deliver the baby while the hospital denied the baby was born on their premises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thulane Madalane (41) said the hospital kept mum about the death of the baby after wife, Mmatau Mohlala (36), had given birth at the maternal ward in the early hours of Monday morning, March 8. He said the manner in which he discovered about the death, sent shivers down the spine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI spotted a piece of paper that covered the lifeless body of the foetus dumped on the floor. Then I realised that was our baby lying on the floor,\u201d said a fuming Madalane. \u201cThat got me confused because no one had said anything to me, but as I looked on the floor I, inquisitively, had to enquire what was happening,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI asked myself why would the nurse put the baby on the floor and why she did not care to explain to me that we have lost the baby.\u201d Madalane further alleged that her wife, who was overwhelmed by post-natal pains, was neglected. \u201cI went home to fetch her some stuff and when I came back I realised she was still sitting in a pool of blood. It was about 6 am,\u201d he claimed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He also said that they still could not receive the help even after he had taken up the matter with the hospital boss. \u201cI then approached the CEO and explained that we are experiencing a bad treatment. I told him ‘we arrived at the hospital around 4 am but it’s two hours late, we still have not received help. The child is still lying on the floor,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He further said that the nurses wanted to have the foetus cremated against their will. \u201cThe nursing staff in that department were actually forcing that the child be cremated without, first, getting approval from us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Mpumalanga department of health maintained the baby was not born at the hospital. \u201cShe had delivered the foetus at home not in the hospital,\u201d said the department’s media liaison officer, Christopher Nobela.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The patient was not neglected, arrived in the hospital at 04:55 and was seen by the midwife and the doctor in casualty,\u201d he said. \u201cThe placenta was delivered in the hospital by the midwife and the doctor. The perineum was intact with no tears. The patient was informed about the procedure of incineration, and that her placenta is complete and she indicated that she is waiting for the husband so that she can inform him,\u201d Nobela said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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