Munashe
Ganyiwa, 32, who is a nurse, was attending to Emmanuel Charindapanze, who was
admitted on Saturday, in a paediatric ward.
In the early
hours of Sunday, Emmanuel experienced some hiccups and his mother Shamiso
Nyause, 46, called for help.
Munashe came
and pronounced Emmanuel dead. Munashe removed all the clothes of the baby and
gave them to Shamiso.
The body of the
child was taken to the mortuary by another nurse.
On Monday,
Shamiso and her husband, Givemore Charindapanze, went to the hospital to
collect the body of their deceased child.
However, the
mortuary attendant told them that the child’s body was not in the mortuary.
All the
children’s bodies in the mortuary were taken out for identification by their
parents but Emmanuel’s body could not be found.
The mortuary
attendant then called the nurse who brought and booked the child’s body into
the mortuary to help him find the missing body.
The nurse then told Shamiso and Givemore that she suspected the child’s body could have been cremated. This led to the arrest of Munashe.
Harare
provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Luckmore Chakanza, told H-Metro:
“Police
arrested a health worker in connection with violating corpses in Chitungwiza.
“The parents
failed to access their body at the mortuary. The complainants tried to make
some enquiries with the hospital management, leading to the arrest.
“Investigations
are continuing,” said Insp Chakanza. H Metro
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