Mon, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 A WOMAN was forced to give birth in the lobby of the University Teaching Hospital maternity wing on Saturday while waiting to be attended to. The incident happened around 17:20 hours, and had to take quick action by visitors at the hospital who covered the woman with chitenge materials as they waited for health workers to help the expectant mother. After a while, a nurse appeared and she was seen slowly putting on gloves to join the women who were helping the woman to give birth. Afterwards more nurses arrived and covered the baby before taking it to the ward. Minutes later the woman was also taken away. According to women who gathered at the entrance of the maternity wing, the pregnant woman had pleaded for medical attention on arrival at the hospital but it took time for health personnel to attend to her, causing her to deliver on […]
