Horror in Cameroon as dead woman's sister is forced to use blade to remove twins from her belly.
The pregnant woman got to the hospital in a taxi and upon arrival she was found dead, but the twins in her belly were kicking(crying for air).
The family rushed her to Laquantini Hospital in Douala Cameroon and begged the doctors to remove the babies but they refused and asked the woman's family to take her to the morgue.
The family argued that the babies were still alive and kicking inside the dead woman but the hospital refused to touch her,
frustrating the deceased's sister, who took matters in her own hands and decided to operate on her sister with a blade.
One baby came out dead and the other came out breathing but later gave up the ghost.
This has caused a serious protest as the angry crowd attempt to burn down the hospital.
According to Cameroonian journalist Yanick Fonki Ndaley, at least one person has been injured following plumes of teargas thrown on unarmed protesters calling for justice on the unprecedented death of Koumate and her babies on Sunday, March 13th.
“Irate protesters now running helter skelter as the police is trying to make arrests. A little over 100 people turned out on Sunday in protest, pressuring the government of Cameroon to dismiss some medics at the hospital, including the director, for gross neglect of the health of its citizens,”
Reacting to the outrage that trailed the incident, Cameroon Health Minister Andre Mama Fouda refuted claims that Ms. Koumate died out of negligence from medics at the Laquintini hospital in Douala.
Speaking Sunday evening during a press conference in his ministry to address issues relating to the death of the 31-year-old woman and her 7 months babies, the minister indicated the woman had already died before she was brought to the hospital.
According to Ndaley, the minister went further to say that it is medically ethical not to conduct operation on a dead woman indicting the actions of the niece of the deceased.
“This now gives a great indication, the director and medics at Laquintini hospital will be spared from any prosecution while on the other hand, the niece of Monique could be prosecuted,” Ndaley added.
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