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Child Dies After undergoing Tradtional Operation
A six-month-old baby of Ndola that bled to death after its grandmother decided to cut off the vein under its tongue, commonly known as Akalimba using a razor blade.
This was in an attempt to prevent the baby from suffering a life-long speech impairment as culturally believed.
The incident, according police spokesperson Elizabeth Kanjela, took place on Saturday around 07:30 hours in Ndola’s Mushili Kansengu.
“Facts of the matter are that the grandmother of the child suspected that it had what is commonly known as Kalimba, a situation that is believed to lead to speech impeachment. Culturally, such a problem entails the cutting of the vein just below the tongue,” Ms Kanjela said in a statement issued in Lusaka yesterday.
Ms Kanjela said: “The grandmother took the child to a neighbour to have the child worked on. A razor blade was used in the act and unfortunately, the child bled to death.
“The body of the baby is lying in the Ndola General Hospital mortuary while the grandmother of the child and the neighbour, Ademia Mbewe, are in police custody to help with investigations
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Sotambe
April 2, 2013 at 8:36 am
Very sad status of affairs. May the Baby S’oul Rest in Eternal Peace.
kalonde
April 2, 2013 at 9:10 am
sad! may de innocent soul Rest in peace
tooto
April 2, 2013 at 9:17 am
sad news
motherly heart
April 2, 2013 at 9:22 am
sad indeed
Princess
April 2, 2013 at 9:43 am
Primitive surgeries are dangerous. So sad for the innocent baby.
mike
April 2, 2013 at 11:15 am
what is wrong with our hospitals these days that you even fear to take your child there?
HEADMAN
April 2, 2013 at 11:29 am
Sad for the innocent child.May the soul of this innocent child rest in eternal peace.
Josh GM
April 2, 2013 at 12:05 pm
We are tired of too many “May His Soul Rest in Peace” on the site today!… just lock the granny’s assss in prison for 2nd degree murder, the neighbour also for the same count but lesser term. By the way that culture has been there for so many decades in mostly Bemba and Ngoni cultures, she just didnt do it properly.
kay
April 2, 2013 at 12:28 pm
People pliz ,always get advise from medical personnel,go to the clinic.i started to panic when my daughter delayed to speak,but the doctors assured me and now my daughter is speaking at 3yrs 4 months…the story is so sad…
Josh GM
April 2, 2013 at 1:20 pm
@Kay hey that was some delayed speech… good you hanged in there.Some toddlers even start some audible speech at 12 months.
magicbird
April 2, 2013 at 3:34 pm
ban all primitive traditional practices.. in this age and time there are professional medical doctors to tackle such problems.
Akaice ne fimina
April 3, 2013 at 12:44 pm
Leave the old woman alone. That operation has been there since time immemorial. According to sensible neighbors, the woman has performed that operation on many children who are now talking properly. It was just unfortunate that particular kid died. If it had died after a conventional operation in a hospital we wouldn’t even have heard of it. Mwanyela kuntulo ya kamana, twalamona nomba uku mwakulatwala abana bachibulu.
Sobongo
April 3, 2013 at 6:00 pm
it is so sad. may his sour rest in peace
lulu
April 3, 2013 at 7:33 pm
primitive, y not take child to hospital. sum pipo are still taking their sons for traditional circumcision…in this era sure?