MAVIS Sikhosana (28) from Middelburg in Mpumalanga was a happy woman when she went to have her baby in hospital on 23 October.
But when the nurses neglected her, her joy vanished and she apparently had to deliver her baby all by herself.
Her sister Poppie (42), told Daily Sun they were shocked when Mavis came back home with her newborn and a swollen and bruised face.
Mavis said she passed out while the nurse was cutting the umbilical cord and when she came round, she had bruises all over her body and face and was in pain.
She said nurses at Middelburg Hospital claimed she suffered from fits and had collapsed in the ward after giving birth.
Poppie said: “We called an ambulance when my younger sister had labour pains. It arrived and took her to the hospital.
“My mother was chased out of the ward by the nurses and told to come back later. I suspect they did not want her to see that my sister was injured.”
Poppie said now her sister looks as if she’s losing her mind. She told us the nurses did not treat her after she sustained injuries.
Poppie told Daily Sun that the hospital staff refused to show them her sister’s file.
She claimed they were told it had disappeared and they would look for it but until today it has not been found.
Mpumalanga Department of Health spokesman Dumisani Malamule said the department acknowledged that the patient sustained injuries.
He said they would investigate how she was injured.
