Visitor exposes Marina as death-trap

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A visitor to Princess Marina Hospital who snuck into the wards in early hours of Friday before visiting hours to check on his relative stumbled upon a case of negligence where one patient died after his oxygen supply was disconnected for hours without help.

The visitor, Gontle Kwelo would later chronicle his  shocking discovery on his Facebook page which soon  went viral as close to 400 people had shared his Facebook post, which also attracted close to 300 likes by the weekend.

In a rare twist a Princess Marina spokesman Donnell Kutlapye had to use the same social media post to assure  enraged Batswana that management of the hospital had already contacted the whistle-blower and that  Princess Marina was handling the matter with urgency. However the man behind the expose has told the Monitor  that a number of the hospital’s bosses had been bashing him for the expose, saying he could have just stopped at reporting to management instead of exposing their negligence to the public.

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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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