The pregnant woman who died at Parirenyatwa Hospital could not be helped quickly due to overwhelming numbers of pregnant women who are shu...
The pregnant woman who died at Parirenyatwa Hospital could
not be helped quickly due to overwhelming numbers of pregnant women who are
shunning local clinics.
The chairperson of the committee set up to investigate
circumstances leading to the death of Ms Sharon Manyonho, Dr Maximilian Dzowa, said Manyonho was the 17th patient waiting to get into the labour ward that day. The ward has a
carrying capacity of only 10 women at any given time.
Dr Dzowa said the late Ms Manyonho had to wait on a bench,
which already had six other expecting women, waiting for their chance to get
into the labour ward.
“From 2am until 4am, no space could be found for the late
Ms Manyonho. Nurses were still busy with other deliveries. Two of the four
doctors had to assist with deliveries as well.
“The third doctor was attending to admissions who were
coming in. The fourth doctor was running around trying to organise blood for
another life-threatening case, which had been referred from Mutare and needed
to go into theatre.”
Dr Dzowa said it was only around 6am that a space for the
late Ms Manyonho was found, but her condition had deteriorated and efforts to
resuscitate her were futile, resulting in her death.
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