ANOTHER CRISIS OF PREGNANT PATIENCE SLEEPING ON THE FLOOR AT DORA NGINZA HOSPITAL
In Dora Nginza Hospital there is currently an overflow of more than 25 pregnant women who admitted to sleeping on chairs and have not eaten for the past two days. We have directed them to CEOs office so that management can take care of them.
Pregnant women are made to sleep on floors and chairs at Dora Nginza Hospital as they wait for a spot in theatre, with the waiting list for caesarean sections getting longer and longer.
Each night the pregnant women watch as nurses roll out thin mattresses which often have to be shared.
Reclining armchairs have also been provided, but there are not enough to go around.
Mothers who have just given birth also sleep on the floor of the hospital’s maternity ward with their babies, using the mattress supplied by the hospital.
On average, doctors working in the maternity ward perform up to 25 C-sections a day.
But the backlog continues to grow as the beleaguered hospital also caters to women living outside Nelson Mandela Bay.
High-risk patients from Humansdorp, Cradock, Graaff-Reinet and Port Alfred are often admitted to the hospital.
Siyolise Davashe of Motherwell started to feel contractions on Wednesday and was rushed to the hospital.
