A mother reeled in horror when she found her five-day-old twins burnt to death in a nursery at Harare Central Hospital. The Standard ...
A mother reeled in horror when she found her five-day-old
twins burnt to death in a nursery at Harare Central Hospital.
The Standard reports that the mother of the twins, Belinda
Balalika, discovered the deaths when she went for a breastfeeding session at
midnight.
The twins were reportedly recovering from jaundice and had
been put in the isolation ward for monitoring and recovery. The babies had been
placed in an open cradle with a beam of light to provide heating.
“Something malfunctioned and the babies were burnt to death,
but what is saddening is the fact that the staff did not check on the babies on
time,” said a source.
Harare Central Hospital CEO Nyasha Masuka told The Standard
that details of what transpired were still being compiled and results would be
released tomorrow.
“We will be able to give details on Monday when all the
investigations have been completed,” he said.
However, the forensic post-mortem carried out indicated the
cause of death to be dehydration.
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