38 Dora Nginza doctors warn of ‘unacceptable risk’ after mother’s death

[Grant]

Thirty-eight doctors do not normally sign a letter calling conditions in their own department an “unacceptable risk” to mothers and babies — not unless they have reached the point where they no longer believe the system is working.

But that’s exactly what happened at Dora Nginza Hospital in Gqeberha, where almost all the doctors in the obstetrics and gynaecology department signed a letter setting out the deteriorating conditions: women booked for elective Caesareans waiting up to two weeks, pregnant women sleeping on chairs, and women with gynaecological cancers having operations postponed because there are no theatre staff.

Ten days before they signed the letter, a 28-year-old woman haemorrhaged after giving birth and went into cardiac arrest. She was resuscitated but died later that evening.
The doctors said infrastructure failures “contributed to circumstances during the resuscitation of a critically ill patient in which essential equipment could not be used because of the lack of functioning electrical outlets”. They said this “resulted in a maternal death”.

“In several oncology cases, patients have returned with advanced, inoperable disease after repeated postponements because theatre staffing was unavailable,” the letter reads.

38 Dora Nginza doctors warn of ‘unacceptable risk’ after mother’s death

Thirty-eight doctors at Dora Nginza Hospital in Gqeberha have collectively warned that conditions in their obstetrics and gynaecology department pose an ‘unacceptable risk’ to mothers and babies. In a…

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[Grant]

brought to the people with pride by "the Greatest Liberation Movement ever".

 

[Hemi300c]

NHI will fix this.

 

[robinsonia]

38 Dora Nginza doctors warn of ‘unacceptable risk’ after mother’s death

Thirty-eight doctors at Dora Nginza Hospital in Gqeberha have collectively warned that conditions in their obstetrics and gynaecology department pose an ‘unacceptable risk’ to mothers and babies. In a…

www.dailymaverick.co.za

Sadly these stories would be a daily occurrence if news media were allowed 24x7 access to hospitals. It's a wonder this government isn't embarrassed to rename these institutions.

 

[ShaunSA]

Can we stop with the dead naming of Gqeberhahahaha

 

[Sargeant]

Well, when staff an administrators can get away without any consequences because the ANC has built a system that rewards thief's, murderers and rapists and punish law abiding citizens, then what do you expect!?

 

[konfab]

Look on the plus side, their family members have the dignity of knowing that their loved ones died from completely preventable circumstances in a hospital called Dora Nginza Hospital instead of Port Elizabeth hospital.