North West Hospital Slammed As Pictures of Newborn Babes Placed in Cardboard Boxes Make Rounds Online

• South Africans are shocked after pictures of newborn babies placed in cardboard boxes were circulated online
• The incident took place at the Mahikeng Provincial Hospital in the North West over the weekend
• The North West Department of Health says it has opened an investigation into the cardboard box incident

MAHIKENG - The Mahikeng Provincial Hospital is trending after the appalling conditions in which newborn babies were being kept exposed online.

South Africans met pictures of newborn babies placed in cardboard boxes with shock after a concerned citizen posted the images on Facebook.

The babies were captured wrapped in purple hospital blankets and with nasogastric tubes.

North West Health MEC Madoda Sambatha said he was shocked to see that the newborns were not placed in incubators or crib beds and said arrangements were being made to send additional cribs to the hospital, TimesLIVE reported.

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North West Department of Health opens investigation into cardboard box incident

Meanwhile, the North West Department of Health has opened an investigation into the incident to get to the bottom of what transpired and how long the babies were kept inside the boxes.

The Mahikeng Provincial Hospital management conducted a preliminary internal investigation and revealed that the incident occurred on Saturday, 20 May, but it was never reported to management, News24 reported.

Sambatha said the SA's public hospitals have systems and procedures in place that outline what hospital staff should do when faced with shortages of incubators.

South Africans shocked newborn babies were kept in cardboard boxes at Mahikeng Provincial Hospital

Below are some comments:

Oarabile Podile said:

"This is very bad. It's time for our beloved ANC to go."

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Manana Kola slammed:

"This is sad and unacceptable..."

@dlmarshal complained:

"How could this happen? This is honestly not a good welcome."

@BalebatjeR claimed:

"Nurses have to improvise while the management is sleeping on duty."

@Blkbro added:

"The money spent on the MPs', Ministers', and Deputy Ministers' cars would have gone a lone way to improve situations like this."

Mom given wrong baby to Bury after reported stillbirth at Sebokeng hospital, raising questions if baby is dead

Earlier, Briefly News reported a 29-year-old woman, Ntsebeng Motaung, is reeling after Sebokeng Hospital gave her a body of a baby boy to bury after she was told she had given birth to a stillborn baby girl.

The act of negligence on the part of the hospital has left the family with many questions, most importantly; Did the grieving mother's baby girl really die during childbirth?

Tlalane Motaung, sister to Ntsebeng, detailed the days leading up to the shocking discovery.

Source: Briefly News