14-year-old struggling to walk after difficult childbirth
Published: 2013 November 03 10:37:24 (4831 Views)
14-year-old Sharon Khoza was left in wheelchair after giving birth to a baby boy.
Although the baby was healthy, the mother has had serious medical problems.
Sharon received an epidural injection in her back before giving birth.
Now her family believe she was given too much so that she would not experience pain, and that is why she struggles to walk.
Ezekiel Madisha (43), Sharon's father, said his daughter could hardly walk after the birth at Mamelodi Hospital in Tshwane on 1 October.
Sharon was admitted to the hospital on 30 September after being referred by the local clinic. She was discharged on 3 October.
Ezekiel said his daughter managed to walk only far enough to catch a taxi home, but when she got there she was struggling to walk.
On 18 October - three weeks later - Ezekiel took her back to the hospital but they were told to come back on Monday because there were no doctors to help his daughter.
On 21 October they went back and Sharon was treated and apparently given medication for the first time.
On Friday last week, Gauteng Health spokesman Simon Zwane said in a statement that the baby was born on 1 October and both mother and baby received extensive treatment.
"Both mother and son were in a satisfactory condition," said Zwane.
"The patient was on prescribed medication for her blood pressure."
"The patient was seen again by a doctor on 3 October and was declared to be in a stable condition and was discharged with necessary treatment to take home for her condition.
"The patient was advised to go for a post-natal follow-up at the local clinic."
Zwane said that on 21 October the patient was diagnosed with cellulitis and the necessary medication was prescribed.
"The allegations that the patient was turned away on 18 October are unfounded as the visit could not be found in the accident unit register," Zwane said in the statement.
"The family has been asked to bring the patient back to the hospital to better assess her progress and for redress."
- Dailysun
Although the baby was healthy, the mother has had serious medical problems.
Sharon received an epidural injection in her back before giving birth.
Now her family believe she was given too much so that she would not experience pain, and that is why she struggles to walk.
Ezekiel Madisha (43), Sharon's father, said his daughter could hardly walk after the birth at Mamelodi Hospital in Tshwane on 1 October.
Sharon was admitted to the hospital on 30 September after being referred by the local clinic. She was discharged on 3 October.
Ezekiel said his daughter managed to walk only far enough to catch a taxi home, but when she got there she was struggling to walk.
On 18 October - three weeks later - Ezekiel took her back to the hospital but they were told to come back on Monday because there were no doctors to help his daughter.
On 21 October they went back and Sharon was treated and apparently given medication for the first time.
On Friday last week, Gauteng Health spokesman Simon Zwane said in a statement that the baby was born on 1 October and both mother and baby received extensive treatment.
"Both mother and son were in a satisfactory condition," said Zwane.
"The patient was on prescribed medication for her blood pressure."
"The patient was seen again by a doctor on 3 October and was declared to be in a stable condition and was discharged with necessary treatment to take home for her condition.
"The patient was advised to go for a post-natal follow-up at the local clinic."
Zwane said that on 21 October the patient was diagnosed with cellulitis and the necessary medication was prescribed.
"The allegations that the patient was turned away on 18 October are unfounded as the visit could not be found in the accident unit register," Zwane said in the statement.
"The family has been asked to bring the patient back to the hospital to better assess her progress and for redress."
- Dailysun
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Anonymous user
2013 November 03 13:26:51
How old was the "thing" that impregnated a 14 year old child? It deserves to be sent in to meet men who are going to make that monster a wife. 14 year olds deserve to be enjoying their childhood NOT motherhood. May the child(young mother) recover.
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