Patient's mother now treated like a queen

FRANCISTOWN: The mother of little Tuelo, whose ring finger was amputated under mysterious circumstances at Nyangabgwe Referral Hospital, says she is being treated like royalty by the hospital management following Tuesday's Mmegi expose.

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.

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Routine child vaccination imperative

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...

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