Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals has defended nurses who were on duty following reports that Sharon Munyonho died together with her baby during childbirth.
Head of division at Mbuya Nehanda, Taazadza Nhemachena said that the nurses were overwhelmed by the numbers of expecting mothers. Nhemachena also said that the Hospital lacks adequate infrastructure to help ease the nurses’ task. She added:
We are having low risk women and high risk women coming to Parirenyatwa Hospital which overwhelms the system so we end up with system failure and patients end up getting substandard care, we have deaths and mortalities even patients with complications.
The system has been overloaded and the nurse patient ratio for instance in the labour ward should be 1:2 ideally but at the current moment one midwife is looking after four patients and the same case is there in other Wards before they go to labour which compromises monitoring.
Nhemachena’s remarks come as reports suggest that the nurses who were on duty ignored Munyonho arguing that she was faking pain.
There have been reports also suggesting that expecting mothers are being ill-treated at the hospital as workers are aggrieved by the paltry salaries they are getting from the government.
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The nurses intemtionall cruelly as a witness was present when they said the deceased was faking. Remember,we are suffering the same.this has no effect on current gvt, neglecting and punishing an innocent soul !!
They said that each nurse is looking after 4 patients right? So to be honest that lady spent all those hours with no one checking on her. No pregnant woman goes to the labour ward just for the kicks of it. Stop defending cruelty. The nurses attitude is a huge problem.
If those nurses feel that the pay is little, and not worth their time may they please quit instead of causing loss of life. I think ministry needs to do interviews with every nurse. Those who feel that they cant handle working under the current conditions can resign. Everyone is going through what the nurses are going through. If everyone behaved the way the nurses are behaving the country would fall on its knees. They handle people’s lives on a daily basis. People go to hospitals to get help. If the nurses aren’t prepared to help, its better for them to stay at home than go to work under false pretenses.