{"id":7923,"date":"2013-07-27T08:41:09","date_gmt":"2013-07-27T08:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=7923"},"modified":"2013-07-27T08:41:09","modified_gmt":"2013-07-27T08:41:09","slug":"nursing-sisters-send-baby-to-sangoma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=7923","title":{"rendered":"Nursing sisters send baby to sangoma"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_7924\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7924\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/africanmedicine.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7924\" alt=\"African medicine\" src=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/africanmedicine-300x196.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/africanmedicine-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/africanmedicine.jpg 447w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7924\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">African medicine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Two nursing sisters at a rural health clinic in KwaZulu-Natal allegedly referred a sick 5-month-old baby to a sangoma, a health official said on Friday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The two nurses at the clinic near Dundee were being investigated, said Dundee provincial hospital spokespersonn Mbali Ntshingila.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She confirmed that a complaint had been received from a local white commercial farmer, but declined to elaborate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;We are still investigating and cannot disclose anything. The investigation is at an early stage.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The two sisters were still working, and it was not standard procedure to refer patients to sangomas, she said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was not known whether both nursing sisters had been involved in the referral.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The farmer, Paul Theunissen, said one of his employees last week told him of the baby being referred to a sangoma.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said he had been told that the woman was informed by one of the nursing sisters that she had to take the baby to a sangoma because &#8220;the ancestors were cross with her&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;We went out to collect the baby &#8211; who was covered in some kind of muti and was sicker than before &#8211; but the sangoma was reluctant to let her go,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Eventually we managed to take the baby to a private doctor, who diagnosed bronchitis,&#8221; said Theunissen.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Theunissen said he lodged a complaint with the hospital. &#8211; Sapa<\/p>\n<div id=\"_htmlAccreditationName\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two nursing sisters at a rural health clinic in KwaZulu-Natal allegedly referred a sick 5-month-old baby to a sangoma, a health official said on Friday. The two nurses at the clinic near Dundee were being investigated, said Dundee provincial hospital spokespersonn Mbali Ntshingila. 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