5. Right to Health
On 20 September it was reported that Farai Mafumbate, a member of the
Johanne Masowe apostolic sect was found with 16 of his children locked up in a
room after one of his children had succumbed to measles on 15 September 2022,
denying these minors their right to health. Mafumbate who resides in Marima
village under headman Masasire did not take heed of the governments call to let
children below 13 years be vaccinated. The female Emergency Health Technician
for wards 19 and 21 discovered the quarantined children after a tip off when she
had gone to the funeral of one of Mafumbate’s children. The children are primary
school learners who attend school at Chivaka Primary in ward 15. Another girl
aged 6 also died of measles in Mudyiwa village, ward 19 on 18 September 2022.
Two members of the family who were showing signs and symptoms of measles
are in Grade 6 and 7 at Gangare Primary in ward 21.
In ward 32, Glenview South at Glenview Polyclinic, on 27 September a mother
reportedly gave birth to her baby in a toilet after she was neglected by healthcare
workers at the polyclinic. Reports indicate that the woman was dismissed from the
maternity ward by a nurse because she was giving birth for the 5th time. It is
alleged that the dismissal was an initiative meant to prioritise people giving birth
for the first time. The victim who was experiencing recurring contractions left the
ward and gave birth to her baby in the toilet at the polyclinic. The baby spent
hours on the toilet floor before the victim was attended to by a nurse. The Sister
in Charge at the polyclinic apologised citing that they were short staffed at the
clinic. She said the clinic only had 9 midwives instead of the requisite 26.
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