Rahima Moosa Hospital has admitted fault in the deaths of nine babies
The hospital violated the right to access healthcare and section 28 of the constitution‚ which says the best interests of children are of paramount importance‚ the HRC says
Management of the Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital in Coronationville‚ Johannesburg‚ has conceded that it violated patients’ rights to high-quality healthcare after nine babies died there earlier in 2018. South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) regional manager Buang Jones‚ speaking at the hospital after an inspection of the neonatal wards‚ said on Thursday that the facility had admitted fault during a presentation behind closed doors earlier in the day. “From the information that we have gleaned thus far‚ the hospital has violated the right of access to health. There are a number of other interrelated rights they have violated‚ but they have violated the right to access healthcare and section 28 of the constitution‚ which says that the best interests of children are of paramount importance‚” Jones said. The nine children who died were reported to have had necrotising enterocolitis — a condition that occurs mostly in premature newborns and affects their intestines. Jones...
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