RELIEVED: Morotsi and her daughter
Negligence reported at government hospital
A distressed mother forced to deliver her baby alone after the nurse in charge had allegedly sneaked out of the ward to sleep, has spoken out about her horrific experience.
36-year-old Neo Morotsi complained about her treatment at Serowe’s Sekgoma Memorial Hospital after she screamed for help while the nurse in charge of the maternity ward was nowhere to be found.
She ended up giving birth without assistance.
Neo told how she lay in agony on the bed and could not walk to press the alarm that might have summoned help.
After the trauma of delivering the child alone, she said that when the nurse finally came she started insulting and blaming her for what had happed instead of apologising. “She blamed me for the whole incident, saying that I wanted to cause trouble for her,” Neo said.
The mother of six explained that she had earlier summoned the nurse to the maternity ward through the alarm and explained that she was about to give birth.
“But she just looked at me and left the ward. About an hour later I felt that the baby was coming and I screamed for help, but the nurse was still nowhere to be found until I gave birth alone.”
NEGLIGENT: Sekgoma Memorial Hospital
Although she never reported the case to the hospital staff, Neo revealed that two other expectant mothers had also to delivery on their own after the same nurse in charge had disappeared from the labour room. “There were lots of complaints that day, but since none of us knew where to report we only told a staff member who was registering the births, who also warned us about the nurse’s behaviour,” she said.
While the mother is relieved that she and her child survived the ordeal, she said that the little girl has a persistent running stomach, which she suspects to have been caused by negligence at the hospital.
Meanwhile an employee at the hospital, who spoke on condition of anonymity, revealed that a University of Botswana student nearly lost her baby a week ago after the nurse in charge left her alone in the maternity ward, whilst other expectant mothers had to assist her to give birth.
“The baby was later incubated for sometime and the mother also had to be observed for several days after sustaining injuries during the delivery. I understand the nurse had gone to sleep in the other room.
“To tell the truth there is lot of negligence at Sekgoma which goes unreported probably because people don’t know their rights,” the source said.
Contacted for a comment, acting Hospital Superintendent Dr Finini Biyangdiki referred all questions regarding the allegations of negligence to the Ministry of Health. His only comment was: “The woman should have launched her complaint with the hospital management.”
Morotsi
Thats nurses for us,sometimes o tla fitlhela top hospital manager a sider le this nurse or ba le in a relationship.Um saying this bcauz ke utlwa a tsaya this issue simple.ke deal bcauz gatwe ba amogela fa re swela ko spatela.
malatsi a ha go satlhole go na le bo Nurse,ba latlhella balwetse,ha e le o ene muxt a tseelwe kgato
talk about some “acting Hospital Superintendent so called DR”, whr ws th qualification earned to act as a Superiiiiintendeeeent thy say…. sis! be serious abt our blady lifes pliz, thts the least u cud do for poor unborn babies! bo biter ke jwa eng ka since u a wht u are 2day frm th same procedures of this pregnancy n labour issues. “Sekgoma”, wht else s new?
talk about some “acting Hospital Superintendent so called DR”, whr ws th qualification earned to act as a Superiiiiintendeeeent thy say…. sis! be serious abt our blady lifes pliz, thts the least u cud do for poor unborn babies! bo biter ke jwa eng ka since u a wht u are 2day frm th same procedures of this pregnancy n labour issues. “Sekgoma”, wht else s new? ka gatwe it common
Mooki wa go nna jalo o na le go tseelwa dikgato tse di gagametseng, mmogo le mogolwane wa gagwe. Matshelo a batho a mo diphatseng. E bile ke badile mo pampiring e nngwe gore ga se tirafalo ya ntlha e e amang mooki yo.
why am i not suprised! bo nurse, eseng botlhe but majority they are very negligent tota, whether ke ba day or nite shift ba tshwana hela. i was once admtd at one hospital kena le tonsillitis abscess and as such couldnt swallow ma med especially tablets, they didnt care bane ba di baa fela fa hlogong yame bare hakesa dinwe ke tlaa ipona! and thy sat there for days piling up go sena o care to ask how come i hve med oo kalo..kare in the mornings o tlaa utloa ba ntse bare “hee morwarre go corpsitse bale kae?, a semangmang o santse a tshela? tota o swa leng, hey nna kana o ntapisa gore yoo”!!
haele the nurse that sleeps on duty must be sacked immediately and the one who registered the babies should be reprimanded for not assisting the poor mother ka di procedures tsa go file a complaint…
good thing both the mother and baby survived the ordeal…
in today’s world its very rare to find people who do their work with commitment, love and patience.we doing work for the love of money, the nurses back in the days respected and loved their jobs, they did it with all their hearts and souls. I personnally think that i wud be better if that spirit can be encouraged amongst every service provider. just imagine da lady did not have experience in nursing but she did have the strength to bring her baby alive. the other thing, the supervision should be very tight kana we are talking about people’s life, jst imagine motho a ipelegisa and end up losing her baby while dat life could have been saved but due to boitseme jwa some workers a new baby ws denied a chance to live and breath the air. its painful more so that even the people who are put in charge to the sides of the nurse who is wrong..kana they should understand that there are different kinds of people coming from different places how do u expect a person who doesnt knw how to read and write knw all the hospital procedures and for that matter a tswa from a very rural area? Nurses are given the talent le botsipa jwa go sireletsa matshelo a batho. so if ke bone ba re latlhelelang who should we seek for help? This issue can also scare the youth from having kids bcoz we will be afraid of losing our babies and even out own lives, this resulting in low population.
all am saying is that lets take our responsibilities in the work place…let us not abuse the powers that have been given to us.. please
the nurse was having 3ex on the other ward with a male patient to confirm if the erection of that man has recorvered.kwaaaaaaaaakwaaakwaaaaaaheeehee….jeeeeerrrrrr
Hell no! Fire that doctor and do it pronto! Whether reported or not, when you hear about that in your hospital, you take it seriously, investigate and make sure it never happens again. I can’t believe he had the gumption to say people should contact the ministry over something that happened in his hospital! Arrogant but utterly useless! Sack him and that nurse before mothers and their babies die or get disabled! What a shame!