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Masvingo Doctor Acquitted Of Culpable Homicide Charge After Botched Operation

6 months agoThu, 26 Sep 2024 08:00:46 GMT
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Masvingo Doctor Acquitted Of Culpable Homicide Charge After Botched Operation

Masvingo Regional Magistrate Bishard Chineka has acquitted the Masvingo Provincial Hospital Medical Superintend Dr Noel Ralph Zulu who was facing a culpable homicide charge after leaving a 30cmx30cm gauze inside a patient’s stomach.

According to The Mirror, Dr Zulu was acquitted on Wednesday, 25 September, following an application for discharge at the end of the State case made by his lawyer Oliver Marwa last Wednesday.

Magistrate Chineka acquitted Zulu after Dr Godfrey Zimbwa who performed the post-mortem on Gladys Sibanda concluded that the cause of her death was liver cirrhosis.

The court also ruled that there was insufficient evidence to conclude that Sibanda’s death was caused by the gauze left in her abdomen in 2015.

Zulu was facing a culpable homicide charge as defined in Section 49 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act (Chapter 9:23).

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Prosecutors had alleged it was Zulu’s negligence that led to the death of the woman.

Surgical gauze is a type of medical fabric used primarily for wound care and surgical procedures. It can be used to cover wounds, control bleeding, and provide a barrier to infection.

Allegations were that the gauze remained in Gladys Sibanda’s abdomen for eight years from the date of the surgical operation in October 2015 to July 15 2023 when she collapsed and died while coming from a ZANU PF rally in Zaka.

The court heard that the deceased complained of chest pains and swelling abdomen soon after the surgical procedure and went back to Zulu who demanded another fee to do a second surgical operation.

However, the deceased could not raise the amount until she passed on, alleges the State.

The gauze was discovered by Dr Zimbwa when he carried out a postmortem on the deceased on July 18, 2023, and noted that it had puss. Reads the State outline:

The State will allege that the cause of the now deceased’s death was the retained surgical gauze/abdominal swab which was found lodged in the deceased’s abdomen.

The State further alleges that it was through the accused’s negligence that the surgical gauze was retained in the now deceased’s abdomen after the surgical operation by the accused.

The accused failed to exercise skill and duty of care required of a medical practitioner and surgeon in the manner he left the surgical gauze in the now deceased’s abdomen.

Sibanda died with a grossly distented abdomen, no external injuries, plus or minus five (5) litres of blood stained peritoneal fluid, significant amount of altered blood on omentum, a shrunken pale liver and retained abdominal swab with puss noted.

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23 Comments

anonymous · 6 months ago
pa**** pemutemo yenyu ...ko kusiya gauze iroro mu****u .30x30cm kana kunzi neglagance akomana munhu oramba aine mapapers ake haaa nyika ino yava yevana vasatan chaivo chete kungoti zimbabwe ma1 vakafumurura humbavha ndovanonosungwa vanofumura corruption ndovanosungwa ( chimombe mukati n mfofu main actor wedeal panze ..dai pakambonzi audit first pachatonga chamisa wese anobatwa ne chipande mujeri n achazara majeri aya i tell you guys
Fireman T · 6 months ago
miscarriage of justice
Anonymous · 6 months ago
Be that as it may, all of us have made mistakes and some of those mistakes resulted in some kind of losses. Surely this Doctor has also saved lives and will continue to do so especially in a country where Doctors are one per hundreds of thousands .Now that he has gone through this, he is going to be the most careful and cautious as he saves even more and more
Babazvangu · 6 months ago
is he still a doctor
Justice · 6 months ago
The autopsy report read: "Sibanda died with a grossly distented abdomen, no external injuries, plus or minus five (5) litres of blood stained peritoneal fluid, significant amount of altered blood on omentum, a shrunken pale liver and retained abdominal swab with puss noted". I'm glad that the surgeon is not going to prison. However, I'm concerned that the judgement did not say that all those autopsy findings had no bearing in the cirrhosis of the liver. Death due to loss of blood after a raptured artery from a gunshot wound makes the shooter accountable.
Kim · 6 months ago
I l
Robert Moyo · 6 months ago
birds of the same feathers flock together
👀👀 · 6 months ago
majeri ave evarombo nowadays,vane mari havagarimo
👀👀 · 6 months ago
pa Chitungwiza central hospital chaipo kt body yenyu iitwe post mortem munotoburitsa,mukasadaro munenge muchingoudzwa ngano dzaana tsuro nagudo,heeee vavapo,heee variku Marondera,heee vari pa off,ukazopihwa #dzavo ndoopaunozobata Mathis dzacho dzese,& vanoita while you wait ma results acho achobuda ipapo ipapo,&munotoona kt kubvisa mbichana moitirwa its better coz kumba vanhu vanenge vakangoungana vachikiya chikafu vagere
Chibaba · 6 months ago
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 don't worry Godfrey Tsenengamu is now prepared to fight corruption.
👀👀 · 6 months ago
@chibaba wait and watch the space,mhosva dzaakapara arimubato dzirikubuda manji manji,vanhu vanokura musoro vari kunze kwebato havadiwe and havashairwe mhosva
Aratijiesi · 6 months ago
Yaa yakabikwa postmortem iyo coz vanoshanda vese paMasvingo Hospital I know them
👀👀 · 6 months ago
haurevi nhema
zig · 6 months ago
sad lost soul
june · 6 months ago
Mwari vanhu vaye vaipa moyo
Maikoro Jekiseni · 6 months ago
postmortem yakabikwa iyo nxaaaaa
.. · 6 months ago
Nani?
👀👀 · 6 months ago
nevanoita vacho,maybe you've been in court of law,
👀👀 · 6 months ago
nevanoita vacho,even mukanzi chitunha chenyu ngachiitwe post mortem,kuti mukasikirwe munotoburitsa bag,mukasadaro munota kana svondo makaungana musati maviga apa food inenge ichidiwa panhamo,so munotozoona zviri nani kudonhedza and munobva maitirwa ipapo ipapo
👀👀 · 6 months ago
aah,anobikwa furu taimu,l still remember a court case yemurume aive atsikwa ,post mortem yakabuda ichiti aive akadhakwa but everyone present aiti that man never drank his whole life ,even manager wake akati that man never drank even vakaita ma parties kubasa ainwawo drink chete,and the man who hit him walked away free,zvangozara ,mari ndiyo yaakuraura post mortem nowadays

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