TWO nurses at Bulawayo’s Mpilo Central Hospital allegedly
caused the death of a one-day-old girl after she fell from a maternal bed when
they left her mother unattended to give birth.
The nurses allegedly ignored the patient when she told them
she was experiencing labour pains, until she gave birth and the baby crashed to
the floor.
Sekesai Museka (41) of Parklands suburb and Ntombizodwa
Ndlovu (36) of Cowdray Park suburb both employed as general nurses at the
hospital allegedly caused the death of Ms Purity Dube’s daughter.
Ms Dube who resides in Cowdray Park suburb is being
represented by Mr Bruce Masamvu of Mutatu, Masamvu and Da Silva-Gustavo law
chambers.
Museka and Ndlovu were not asked to plead to culpable
homicide when they appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Mr Lizwe Jamela
yesterday.
They were remanded out of custody on their own cognisance
to March 26.
Prosecuting, Mr Denmark Chihombe said on November 20 last
year, Ms Dube was admitted at Mpilo Central Hospital where she was due to give
birth.
“At around 3AM, the complainant began to feel labour pains
and called for help from the accused persons who were on duty but they ignored
her.
“She gave birth on her own and the baby fell on the floor
through a delivery blood trap hole on the maternity bed,” he said.
It is alleged that after some minutes, the nurses entered
the room where Museka cut the umbilical cord from the unconscious baby and took
her to a resuscitation room.
Some doctors allegedly attended to the baby but the duo did
not inform them that the baby had fallen on the floor.
“At around 5AM that same day, the baby was transferred to
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit but died at around 11PM,” Mr Chihombe said. A post
mortem report revealed that the baby died from intracranial haemorrhage and
head injuries.
The matter was reported to the police who carried out
investigations leading to the arrest of the two nurses. Chronicle
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