THE Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) said they were investigating a case where an unidentified Kariba woman is said to have given birth outside Nyamhunga clinic yesterday afternoon while the nurses were on a lunch break.
By Patricia Mashiri
Speaking to HealthTimes, Kariba District Medical Officer, Dr Godfrey Muza said they had received a report to that effect and indicated that the matter was still under investigation.
Yes we have received a report from Nyamhunga clinic but I can not comment at the moment as we are still investigating the matter. We will issue a statement once the investigation is done,” Dr Muza said.
Meanwhile, there is a video circulating on social media showing a women lying on the ground outside whilst a male nurse is trying to attend to her.
Nyamhunga Clinic Sister in charge only identified as V Chisvo said she was not at liberty to share with the media what really transpired.
Many cases have been recorded in the country where women lost their lives or their babies because of negligence from Health Care workers. One of the famous case was at Harare hospital where striking nurses ignored a woman with labor pains, the baby died and the mother had to walk with the still-born hanging between her legs.
Statistics shows that from 2000 to 2017, the global maternal mortality ratio declined by 38 per cent – from 342 deaths to 211 deaths per 100,000 live births, according to UN inter-agency estimates. This translates into an average annual rate of reduction of 2.9 per cent. While substantive, this is less than half the 6.4 per cent annual rate needed to achieve the Sustainable Development global goal of 70 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births.
