Strange Baby was not delivered in my hospital, its all false - CEO Thomas.

 

Social media had been awash with reports alleging that a deformed baby was delivered at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals. However hospital officials have dismissed the reports.Hospital CEO Thomas Zigora, who is out of the country dismissed the reports.

“I heard the rumour over the weekend. I checked with the matron on duty who said she knew nothing about it.

“It’s absolutely false. Nothing of the sort happened at Pari,” he said.

The hospital Public relations officer also dismissed the reports adding that it was very mischievous.

“There is no record at the hospital of a delivery on an infant with congenital birth defects as per investigation, which covered a fortnight ago to the sad date 4th November 2015.

“There is no doctor by the name of Chenyeke working at the hospital whose credentials as a doctor we are also questioning.

“The said creature on social media has a condition known as Anencephaly which is the absence of a major portion the brain,skull and scalp that occurs during embryonic development, ”they said in a press statement.

A picture showing the deformed baby was even circulating to support the claim. A number of doctors who talked to our source on condition that they remain anonymous said (even if the reports were true) the nation should not panic as such deformities also occur in the country. They said the condition is called Anencephaly.

“That doesn’t have anything to do with witchcraft;the condition is known as Anencephaly although there are no local statics readily available.

“Such conditions occur in Zimbabwe,I once delivered one like that through C-section, We need to demystify such theories because it is always the mothers who are at the receiving end.

“Unfortunately even if such cases occur in he country, hospital authorities always try to hide it yet we can use such incidents to educate the nation,” said one doctor.

After zooming the picture, another doctor at Parirenyatwa dismissed that the baby was born at Pari as the linen is not marked with the Hospital name as with the linen used at the hospital.

“That baby was not born at Pari and wherever the baby was born it was unethical and unproffesional for whoever delivered the baby to take pictures.

“That’s illegal and unethical. Everyone has the right to privacy. Also that linen is not from Pari. ”From what i am seeing this baby died in the womb and because the placenta is hot place and kusvuuka kwaakiata mwana uyu kubikika kwaakaita.

“It must have been a young mother who gave birth to that baby because they could not tell the foetal movements that saw the baby being dead in the womb for a long time.

“The reports on social media that the baby came feet first shows that whoever is spreading these rumours does not have any idea of pregnancy and deliveries.

“Babies are supposed to come out head first and when the woman attends and antenatal clinic before giving birth or even when labour comes and the midwives or doctors notice that the baby is breach, the mother is taken for an emergency C-section,” he said.

According to the United States Centre for Disease Control (CDC):

Anencephaly is a serious birth defect in which a baby is born without parts of the brain and skull. It is a type of neural tube defect (NTD). These are birth defects that happen during the first month of pregnancy, usually before a woman knows she is pregnant. As the neural tube forms and closes, it helps form the baby’s brain and skull (upper part of the neural tube) spinal cord, and back bones (lower part of the neural tube).

Anencephaly happens if the upper part of the neural tube does not close all the way. This often results in a baby being born without the front part of the brain (forebrain) and the thinking and coordinating part of the brain (cerebrum). The remaining parts of the brain are often not covered by bone or skin.

Almost all babies born with anencephaly will die shortly after birth. CDC estimates that each year, about 1 in every 4,859 babies in the United States will be born with anencephaly.

Women can take steps before and during pregnancy to reduce the risk of having a baby born with birth defects. Such steps include taking a daily multivitamin with folic acid (400 micrograms) not smoking, and not drinking alcohol during pregnancy.