Patient's mother now treated like a queen
Friday, May 21, 2010
Tapiwa Moloi, 32, an employee of a construction company in her home village of Mathangwane, took two month old Tuelo to the hospital last month with a complaint of diarrhoea and vomiting.
She was put on a drip because she was dehydrated. A month later Tuelo was still hospitalised as she still was this week, and the finger of the hand whose backhand was pierced to make way for the drip was amputated following a recommendation from a doctor who felt the finger was damaged beyond repair.
The recent Vaccination Day in Motokwe, orchestrated through collaborative efforts between UNICEF, USAID, BRCS, and the Ministry of Health, underscores a commendable stride towards fortifying child health services.The painful reality as reflected by the Ministry of Health's data regarding the decline in routine immunisation coverage since the onset of the pandemic, is a cause for concern.It underscores the urgent need to address the...