By Obakeng Maje
Hartswater-The family of Tshepang Constance Setswambung was left aggravated after the supposed surgery went horribly wrong.

Tshepang Constance Setswambung,20, is lying in hospital with no grit after caesarian surgery that went wrong and allegedly left her brain-dead.

In October 2013, a Grade 12 pupil from Bankdrift High School was in labour and her parents took her to Connie Voster Memorial Hospital in Hartswater.

“My daughter was taken to hospital after signs of labour. The following day, she was transported to Kimberley Hospital because doctors said the baby was too big” Tshenolo Matsheka said.

Matsheka who is a mother of a 20 year-old girl said she tried to call her daughter on her cellphone but with no avails.

“I was so depressed and what agitates me is that we never received any call from the hospital. I decided to go to Kimberley hospital which is more than 110 kilometers and on my arrival, I had to look for my daughter too as no one knew what really happened to her” she outlines.

According to reports, epidural or spine anaesthesia was performed on Tshepang.

The despondent mother said she was struck with terror after what she saw. “My daughter was surrounded by oxygen pipes lying helplessly in Intensive Care Unit (ICU). The nurse said she is suffered brain damage after she was injected.”

It is alleged that Tshepang was injected before caesarian surgery was performed. Even though the hospital could not explain what really happened, Northern Cape Health Department spokesperson, Lulu Mxekezo said the department is still investigation.

“They said my daughter jumped during epidural performance and that affected her heart and caused it to stop, which in turned left her brain damaged. We have not received any counselling from the department and I have to take care of my daughter by bathing her” said aggrieved mother.

Lulu Mxekezo said the department cannot divulges the investigation process and Tshepang’s medical report as that will violates the patient’s confidentiality.

“We are aware of the incident and our department is still investigating. We cannot divulge what transpired or any medical confidentiality. If the family has anything that they are not happy about, they are more than welcome to speak to us direct” Mxekezo said.

Tshepang Setswambung is lying in hospital eight months later and she could not see or holds her bouncing baby boy, Temogo who is now residing with relatives in Pampierstad.

A Grade 12 pupil who applied for a teaching course through University of South Africa(Unisa), she cannot achieve that as her dreams were shattered by incompetence within the health department.

The parents of Tshepang say the will take legal actions against the department as they are not co-operative to resolve the matter.

“We wrote a complainant letter back in 2013 and the department responded saying that they will investigate, until now while our daughter is lying in hospital” said Thapelo Matsheka, who is a father to Tshepang.

Our crew visited Tshepang at the hospital at Connie Voster Memorial and she cannot move no talk except her eyes which move aimlessly.-TDN
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