Parirenyatwa dismisses allegations on botched operation

Mukudzei Chingwere Herald Reporter

Parirenyatwa Group of Hospital has dismissed a social media story which went viral alleging that a patient had passed on after a botched operation by its doctors.

Contrary to social media reports, it has since been established that the patient came to Parirenyatwa Group of Hospital in need of specialist attention after complications from an operation done at a private facility in Harare.

The hospital’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr Aspect Maunganidze, told The Herald that the patient was referred to the Government facility for better care after the unfortunate incident in private care.

Parirenyatwa which handles an average of 35 deliveries a day, has a vastly experienced staff complement and they boast of well-equipped Intensive Care Units to attend to critical cases.

“The patient was operated on and unfortunately complicated in a private hospital,” said Dr Maunganidze

“Parirenyatwa Group of Hospital was involved to assist in critical care and the patient who died while being prepared for corrective surgery. The patient was on one of our best and newest ventilators,” said Dr Maunganidze.

In a statement the hospital reiterated their commitment to save saying they are complimented by advanced equipment at the hospital.

“Apparently, most of the private medical facilities have no Intensive Care or High Dependency Units (ICU and HDU) so the patient was referred to Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals’ Intensive Care Unit for further management,” reads part of the statement.

“Our Doctors tried their best to salvage the situation but, unfortunately the patient could not make it.

“We would like to assure the public that as a government health institution our focus is to save lives and Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals remains the preferred referral centre for such critical patients.”