The investigation revealed the operation took almost two hours instead of 30 minutes, the average time for such a procedure.
A 30-year-old woman from Mpumalanga is suing the provincial department of health for R40 million for an alleged botched operation performed at the Witbank Provincial Hospital last year.
“During the very same day due to high blood pressure, the medical staff at the hospital decided to conduct an emergency operation on our client to make sure that her baby is delivered as soon as possible.“For several days after the emergency operation, our client complained about unbearable pain, which was simply ignored by the medical staff.“On 24 November, she was seen by the medical staff in casualty after having complained of shortness of breath, headache and swollen legs.
He claimed the doctor did not tell Choma the operation had gone wrong and afterwards, “she was not attended to for two days her husband went to see the matron…“It is recorded that when the procedure was performed, the doctor was alone in the theatre without the assistance of a second doctor with requisite experience.”He said the investigation revealed the operation took almost two hours instead of 30 minutes, the average time for such a procedure.
“She is now unable to take care of her infant and she will not be able to have children in the future due to the damage caused.”, stated Choma’s rights to human dignity in terms of Section 10 of the constitution and her right to freedom and security in terms of Section 12 of the constitution were violated.
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