Thu, 16 Nov 2017 09:25:24 +0000 …she ends up giving birth at home By Annie Zulu A WOMAN in labour, was on Tuesday last week allegedly turned away from Zambia Air Force (ZAF) Mount Euginia Hospital in Lusaka West for failing to provide some necessities used in delivering the baby. Fridah Banda 27, of Chikondano Township who was accompanied by her husband to the hospital at around 21:00hrs on November 7, 2017 was allegedly ordered to leave by the medical personnel to buy cotton wool and disinfectant (Jik) before she could be assisted to give birth. However, the couple did not have money at that moment to buy the requirements that the hospital was demanding for. Heavily pregnant and restless with pain, Fridah, together with her husband pleaded with the Doctor on duty to help but their pleas fell on deaf ears. But when contacted, ZAF head of public relations unit Lt.Col Mutale Kasoma said […]
