[FROM THE ARCHIVES] Midwife Misery
๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ญ๐ด ๐๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐น ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ญ.
๐๐๐๐๐๐: ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ, ๐ ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ป ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ต๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ง๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ญ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ป'๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ.
Last year, we investigated the allegations made by several young mothers that the delivery of their babies at the birthing home of one of Pretoriaโs foremost midwives had gone wrong. A handful of women submitted complaints to the South African Nursing Council (SANC), the government body responsible for registering midwives and assuring their qualifications. As SANC prepares to investigate and hear evidence on the professional conduct of midwife Yolande Maritz from You & Me birthing home, Carte Blanche speaks to several more women who reached out after our first exposรฉ in October. While Maritz steadfastly denies all adverse claims against her practice and conduct, we ask what led to the birth injuries and deaths of these babies.
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