Senegal police arrest 2 health workers after neonatal fire
DAKAR, Senegal — Senegalese officials have arrested two wellbeing personnel from a neonatal unit the place a fire killed 11 newborns very last 7 days.
The nurse and a nurse’s aide who have been on obligation Wednesday evening when the fire took spot at the Abdoul Aziz Sy Dabakh Clinic have been arrested for “neglecting children” and “endangering the life of many others,” in accordance to reviews by non-public Senegalese radio station Rfm.
The arrests took put Sunday, times soon after President Macky Sall promised a law enforcement and standard state inspector investigation to identify the lead to of the hearth. He also known as for auditing of all clinical gear that accommodates newborns in the nation.
Wellbeing Minister Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr was fired previous week and replaced by senior ministry official Marie Khemesse Ngom Ndiaye, the authorities said. Sarr, who was was attending the Earth Well being Assembly in Geneva, lower brief his excursion to return to Senegal and advised Rfm that the fire was prompted by an electrical limited circuit.
The Abdoul Aziz Sy Dabakh Healthcare facility is located in Tivaouane, a town 120 kilometers (75 miles) northeast of the money, Dakar.
The fatal fire comes a year following four other newborns died in a medical center fireplace in Linguere in northern Senegal.
A series of other fatalities also have lifted worries about maternal and toddler wellness in the West African nation regarded for obtaining some of the finest hospitals in the area.
Earlier this month, authorities identified a little one that had been declared lifeless by a nurse’s aide was even now alive in a morgue. The toddler later died.
Previous calendar year a expecting female died in Louga, in the north of the state, just after ready in vain for a cesarean segment. A few midwives were provided 6-month suspended sentences for not giving help to a man or woman in risk.
