Stillborn baby discarded with hospital waste
An East Rand family is threatening legal action against Pholosong Hospital for incorrectly discarding the body of a stillborn infant.
Zandile Nzolo (21) gave birth at the hospital early last month to a stillborn baby girl.
This would have been her first child.
Zandile’s mother Thembane says her daughter was left traumatised after she woke up at the hospital and found out from the nurses that her baby's body had been accidentally discarded with hospital waste.
She says her daughter gave birth at 8 months and told her that the nurses showed her the baby, but she couldn't tell whether the newborn was alive or deceased.
"When the nurses arrived here to apologise, we had already arranged for the funeral and had paid R1700. We informed them that we had prepared for everything and we borrowed the money we got to prepare for the funeral, so it was too late."
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Nzolo says the CEO of the hospital did apologise but her daughter is struggling to cope.
The Gauteng Department of Health's Kwara Kekana confirmed that Nzolo delivered a 1.5kg stillborn baby and the hospital has offered her counseling.
"Internal investigations are underway and labour processes will be instituted against those involved," said Kekana.
Nzolo says counselling is not enough as her daughter needs to be compensated.