2 Year Old Amputated by Mistake? WTF?
November 30, 2009 by Brown Shuga
In this case, surely we agree revenge is justified?
I read in shock, a story in The Times about a 2 year old girl from Daveyton who was amputated by mistake, when she had actually been admitted to hospital for burn marks on her hands. Story HERE.
Apparently this “shocking incident” happened at the Charlotte Maxeke ACADEMIC Hospital (previously Johannesburg Hospital) and for a hospital that is the main teaching institution for Wits Faculty of Health Sciences as well as a provider for all undergraduate and postgraduate training in ALL areas of health professions, HOW DOES SUCH A MISTAKE happen??
What pisses me off is that the Gauteng Health MEC says that those found guilty will be disciplined and possibly face dismissal and I just think that’s not good enough! A dismissal means they WALK out of the job and get a find other jobs the next day… while that poor little girl will be scarred and now live with a disability for LIFE.
Not fair at all. I say there should be criminal charges too. Not Fair!
IN OTHER HEALTH NEWS:
I’d like to wish my former HEALTH Minister a speedy recover and hope that her liver will stop acting up! Ube right mama!
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PS on Mon, 30th Nov 2009 1:21 am
Negligence at its best…..shocking news indeed!!
ntshepeng on Mon, 30th Nov 2009 8:09 am
omw, i am so horrified. God forbid, my child ever needs surgery and i’m prevented from going in the theatre with her. Can u imagine this happening to your child??? what’s even worse is this kind of surgery is IRREVERSIBLE.
The DoH must be sued for every single incident where they mess up people’s lives and those responsible blacklisted so they never find work again. Man, this sucks!
ntshepeng on Mon, 30th Nov 2009 8:11 am
“When he wanted to see the baby he was allegedly made to search through the bodies of 40 dead babies in the hospital mortuary.”
LIKE SERIOUSLY WTF???? ARGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
Mntungwa on Mon, 30th Nov 2009 8:22 am
OMG!!!
carino on Mon, 30th Nov 2009 8:33 am
OMG…such negligence
I’d like to wish my former HEALTH Minister a speedy recover and hope that her liver will stop acting up! Ube right mama!
Yes, all the best mam”Manto.. and we pray they dont stitch a pair of testicles on you by mistake…
Mancu on Mon, 30th Nov 2009 8:53 am
LOL @Belz!!! then Manto would be a hemophradite…
Madala on Mon, 30th Nov 2009 9:20 am
Yho… the 4mer Minister’s face luks lyk she z saying “thanx BS, ndizame nje nge one more wine(nyana) ndizoba ryt sana…..I can replace the tired liver any-tym” LOL
Yeah, sad story about amputation… I still hav heard what actuali happened….???
Yes, it is employer’s obligation to report cases to malpractice to the relavant statutary bodies (criminal/ civl/ professional) for further investigations & sanctions if internal discipinary proccess finds some wrong doing…. In this case we can expect those ppl 2 b investigated by their Health Council or sumting…. and we can expect them 2 b struck off the register if findings dictate so…!
Nonku on Mon, 30th Nov 2009 10:38 am
Shame Manto try some beetroot maybe that will work
The family must sue its a sad story
Monchooza on Mon, 30th Nov 2009 2:18 pm
sue for mega millions…for sure
Shlobo on Mon, 30th Nov 2009 7:53 pm
Im shocked and very much angry. I now fear our public hospitals even more, how can they b so careless. Im sick to my stomach
Nodine on Tue, 1st Dec 2009 8:15 am
I honestly believe that there should be legal action taken against all involved parties. If a natural person “amputates” another person’s legs they are faced with jail time, what puts neglegent doctors and medical staff above the law?! How does being a Doctor make it right to make such gross mistakes, what makes him different from the guy driving drunk maiming innocent people in an accident, the Highjacker shooting his victim, scarring him for live?
Dismissal is simply not enough!
blu on Tue, 1st Dec 2009 9:27 am
yes the family can sue for mega millions but the pain will still be there
it is really not fair, money does not erase the pain, people must stop this voet voet nonsense of being incompetent, they are causing as lot of pain
i was pained when i saw that baby crying and her mom crying as well. it still pains me when i think about it. it is really unfair
Kiki on Tue, 1st Dec 2009 9:54 am
I cant comment on this,its too sad.I am angry.
segs on Tue, 1st Dec 2009 1:34 pm
government must clean up the hospitals of idiotic employees, and provide all the tools required for the public that voted them to get better service… and also fucken sort the public hospitals out!!!!
Malibongwe on Tue, 1st Dec 2009 5:14 pm
Wow… Just wow. I can imagine.. Wait, I CAN’T imagine what this is doing to the child – and the poor child! Hope she adjusts to this. I feel so bad for the whole family. This is a crying shame
Lwestana on Wed, 2nd Dec 2009 1:55 am
Even the one who earns the most minimum wage, is taxed so that they can be afforded this bloody health. The unemployed also have all the rights to it. Now what do they have when that’s taken away from them? This is just sad… and criminal!
Lwestana on Wed, 2nd Dec 2009 1:59 am
As for Mam’Manto, do we really know what’s up with her liver only being rejected by her body, only now… after 2years? Eish, I hope she stayed away from booze as the doc told her to… A liver is very sensitive, Mam’Manto is a doctor herself, she should understand… Insensitive?