Woman forced to spend 20 hours with dead baby inside her

22-year-old Nandi Dladla was forced to spend 20 hours at a hospital with her dead baby inside her after nurses allegedly told her to deliver the dead child herself. The west of Durban woman blames the nurses for the death of her baby.

It all started when Dladla's doctor gave her a letter saying that she should go to Addington Hospital so that doctors could operate as soon as she started feeling labor pains. Dladla said:

%shareLinks-quote="This was because there wasn't enough water in my womb and my baby's life was at risk. On Sunday, I felt pains and rushed to the hospital. I felt the baby kick at 1 AM but at 6 AM on Monday morning, I was told my baby was dead." type="quote" author="Nandi Dladla" authordesc="" isquoteoftheday=%

Dladla expected doctors to remove the baby from her stomach upon receiving the news that her baby had died. However, she quickly learned that this wasn't the nurses' plan. Dladla said:

%shareLinks-quote="Nurses said they couldn't remove the baby and I had to wait for it to come out itself or speak to a social worker first." type="quote" author="Nandi Dladla" authordesc="" isquoteoftheday=%

After 20 long, painful and traumatizing hours, the baby was finally removed. Dladla is very angry that she was forced to endure such a tragic and preventable experience. She said:

%shareLinks-quote="Carrying my dead baby inside me was a long and painful experience." type="quote" author="Nandi Dladla" authordesc="" isquoteoftheday="%

Her sister, Nokukhanya Ntuli, 43 said the nurses were cruel and negligent. Ntuli blames the hospital staff for the death of her sister's baby. She said:

%shareLinks-quote="First of all, it was their fault the baby died. If they had acted fast the baby might still be alive. We want the health department to investigate what really happened. We are angry as we were looking forward to having a new baby in our family." type="quote" author="Nokukhanya Ntuli" authordesc="" isquoteoftheday=%

KZN Health Department spokesman Sam Mkhwanazi said he couldn't discuss clinical matters with people not involved.

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