Nyangabgwe taken to task over baby's amputated finger

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

FRANCISTOWN: Nyangabgwe Referral Hospital has been taken to task over the unexplained amputation of a baby's finger, as the mother contemplates legal action.

Little Tuelo Moloi is going to grow up without the ring finger after alleged "gross negligence" by the Nyangabgwe Referral Hospital led to the finger being amputated.

At two months old, the baby girl was taken to the hospital by her mother, Tapiwa on April 21 with a problem of diarrhoea and vomiting.

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