The Zambian Minister of Health, Dr Chitalu Chilufya, has decried
the rate of maternal death recorded at Levy Mwanawasa University Teaching
Hospital on the 10th of September 2017, following the demise of a journalist
with Zambia Daily Mail, Sithembile
Siwawa-Zulu, reports NaijaAgroNet.
In a press statement made available to NaijaAgroNet, the Head
Communications and External Relations at the Ministry, Stanslous Ngosa, quoted
Dr Chilufya as expressing profound shock by this turn of events, declaring that
“even one maternal death is too many.”
The Minister also ordered for a thorough maternal death case
review, as well as a postmortem to determine the precise cause of death.
“All procedures should be done on the deceased and scrutinised
to ascertain the possible events that could have led to her death,” Dr Chilufya
said.
According to the MoH Spokesperson Dr Maximilian Bweupe, the
deceased, Sithe was 29 years old, in her 2nd pregnancy when she underwent a
caesarian section due to fetal distress on the 8th September 2017.
“Fetal distress is when the fetus does not receive adequate
amounts of oxygen during pregnancy or labour. It is oftentimes detected through
an abnormal fetal heart rate,” Dr. Bweupe explained.
As said by Bweupe, the deceased became breathless after
taking a bath on Sunday morning, after, which the condition rapidly
deteriorated before she passed on despite efforts to resuscitate her.
“Meanwhile, the Minister has offered utmost condolences to
the bereaved family, friends, and the media fraternity. May her soul rest in
eternal peace,” Bweupe prayed.
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