{"id":29587,"date":"2023-06-05T12:05:24","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T12:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/two-nurses-deleted-for-misconduct"},"modified":"2023-06-05T12:22:32","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T12:22:32","slug":"two-nurses-deleted-for-misconduct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/two-nurses-deleted-for-misconduct","title":{"rendered":"Two nurses deleted for misconduct"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>A Kolonyama midwife, \u2019Mamalibeng Ralenkoane, who allegedly neglected a woman during labour has been deleted from the nurses\u2019 register for the next six months. The woman went on to deliver her baby by herself without professional assistance.<\/p>\n

In another case the secretary-general of the Lesotho Nursing Council (LNC), \u2019Mamonica Makhoswonke Mokhesi, has also been deleted for violating a patient\u2019s privacy.<\/p>\n

The LNC\u2019s disciplinary chairman, Advocate Rapapa Sepiriti, said Ralenkoane had committed an act of serious misconduct and deserved severe punishment. Advocate Sepiriti ruled that Ralenkoane \u201cshould not be seen anywhere attending (to) patients\u201d.<\/p>\n

Ralenkoane was working as a midwife at the Little Flower Health Centre in Kolonyama, Leribe, when \u2019Mateboho Letlala was admitted there for labour in August 2020.<\/p>\n

Letlala told the panel that Ralenkoane took her to the examination room and later left her despite that there were signs that she could give birth anytime.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt 19:00 pm Ralenkoane examined the patient but left her unattended and the patient had to deliver on her own,\u201d Advocate Sepiriti said in his verdict.<\/p>\n

\u201cClearly the blame has to be put at the door of Ralenkoane,\u201d he said. Adv. Sepiriti ruled that she should be deleted with immediate effect for 12 months, half of which was suspended.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring these six months period, Ralenkoane is prohibited in any way from attending patients and this judgment should be delivered at her place of work,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Letlala in her testimony said by the time Ralenkoane arrived, she was already having severe labour pains and was told to go to the labour ward for assessment.<\/p>\n

She said when she stepped down the labour bed Ralenkoane said to her: \u201cUa seke ua tatela ho hema empa molomo oa popelo o buleile ka 3cm\u2019 (meaning she seemed to be in a hurry yet the cervix had opened by 3cm only).<\/p>\n

\u201cI was so surprised because I could feel I was very close to delivering because this was my second child and I could say I have experience,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

She said she told the nurse that she needed to use the toilet but was instructed to use a pan instead. \u201cAs she left me on the bed pan I could not stand from the pan as the pains were severe.<\/p>\n

I called for help but to no avail,\u201d she said. She said the moment she got energy to stand from the bed pan she saw blood, she called her but there was no response.<\/p>\n

\u201cRalenkoane promised to come after two hours but there were no instructions on what to do in case I needed help prior to two hours,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wheeled myself to the bed and sat on it, still calling to no avail.<\/p>\n

\u201d She said while still alone, her membranes raptured and the time of birth came and the baby was delivered.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe child did not fall as I was able to hold him,\u201d she said. She phoned her aunt who told her to find s scissor to cut the umbilical cord.<\/p>\n

She said she bled a lot and ran out of energy, then Ralenkoane arrived at around midnight. \u201cWhen she came in she asked where the baby was and I pointed to where I had put him where he clamped the cord,\u201d she said. She said it was then that she got assistance.<\/p>\n

The investigator for Professional Conduct Committee (PCC), one Nteso, told Advocate Sepiriti that his findings were that \u201cthe mother\u2019s life was in danger as she was found having bled heavily and tired and the baby\u2019s life was also in danger from prolonged exposure which could lead to hypothermia and brain damage\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cRalenkoane was not there for the mother until she delivered in the absence of the midwife, this is a case of negligence,\u201d he said. However, in mitigation Ralenkoane said this was her first time to appear before the panel and has been a nurse for more than nine years.<\/p>\n

She said she has two children to support and she has already been punished by the clinic as she was dismissed and that she has policies and loans. She pleaded with the panel to have mercy on her.<\/p>\n

In another case Mokhesi who was the Secretary General of LNC was also deleted from the register for two years after she was found guilty of sharing a patient\u2019s picture on social media without their consent. She was accused of defamation of character and violating the patient\u2019s privacy by posting pictures of the injuries he had incurred.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Lesotho<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Lesotho. A Kolonyama midwife, \u2019Mamalibeng Ralenkoane, who allegedly neglected a woman during labour has been deleted from the nurses\u2019 register for the next six months. The woman went on to deliver her baby by herself without professional assistance. In another case the secretary-general of the Lesotho Nursing Council (LNC), \u2019Mamonica Makhoswonke Mokhesi, has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":29586,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,7],"tags":[233,246,245,1101],"class_list":["post-29587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-head-lines","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-lesotho","tag-lesotho","tag-nurses"],"yoast_head":"\nTwo nurses deleted for misconduct - Lesotho<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A Kolonyama midwife, \u2019Mamalibeng Ralenkoane, who allegedly neglected a woman during labour has been deleted from the nur ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/two-nurses-deleted-for-misconduct\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Two nurses deleted for misconduct\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A Kolonyama midwife, \u2019Mamalibeng Ralenkoane, who allegedly neglected a woman during labour has been deleted from the nur ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/two-nurses-deleted-for-misconduct\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lesotho\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-06-05T12:05:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-06-05T12:22:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2023\/06\/sm_1685951333.378144.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"448\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"252\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/two-nurses-deleted-for-misconduct#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/two-nurses-deleted-for-misconduct\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Two nurses deleted for misconduct\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-06-05T12:05:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-05T12:22:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/two-nurses-deleted-for-misconduct\"},\"wordCount\":765,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/two-nurses-deleted-for-misconduct#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2023\/06\/sm_1685951333.378144.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Lesotho\",\"Lesotho\",\"nurses\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\",\"head lines\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/two-nurses-deleted-for-misconduct#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/two-nurses-deleted-for-misconduct\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/two-nurses-deleted-for-misconduct\",\"name\":\"Two nurses deleted for misconduct - Lesotho\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/two-nurses-deleted-for-misconduct#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/two-nurses-deleted-for-misconduct#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2023\/06\/sm_1685951333.378144.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-06-05T12:05:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-05T12:22:32+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"A Kolonyama midwife, \u2019Mamalibeng Ralenkoane, who allegedly neglected a woman during labour has been deleted from the nur ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/two-nurses-deleted-for-misconduct#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/two-nurses-deleted-for-misconduct\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/two-nurses-deleted-for-misconduct#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2023\/06\/sm_1685951333.378144.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2023\/06\/sm_1685951333.378144.jpg\",\"width\":448,\"height\":252,\"caption\":\"Two nurses deleted for misconduct\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/two-nurses-deleted-for-misconduct#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Two nurses deleted for misconduct\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/\",\"name\":\"Lesotho\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Two nurses deleted for misconduct - Lesotho","description":"A Kolonyama midwife, \u2019Mamalibeng Ralenkoane, who allegedly neglected a woman during labour has been deleted from the nur ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/two-nurses-deleted-for-misconduct","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Two nurses deleted for misconduct","og_description":"A Kolonyama midwife, \u2019Mamalibeng Ralenkoane, who allegedly neglected a woman during labour has been deleted from the nur ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/two-nurses-deleted-for-misconduct","og_site_name":"Lesotho","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2023-06-05T12:05:24+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-06-05T12:22:32+00:00","og_image":[{"width":448,"height":252,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2023\/06\/sm_1685951333.378144.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/two-nurses-deleted-for-misconduct#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/two-nurses-deleted-for-misconduct"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Two nurses deleted for misconduct","datePublished":"2023-06-05T12:05:24+00:00","dateModified":"2023-06-05T12:22:32+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/two-nurses-deleted-for-misconduct"},"wordCount":765,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/two-nurses-deleted-for-misconduct#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2023\/06\/sm_1685951333.378144.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Lesotho","Lesotho","nurses"],"articleSection":["all news","community","head lines"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/two-nurses-deleted-for-misconduct#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/two-nurses-deleted-for-misconduct","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/two-nurses-deleted-for-misconduct","name":"Two nurses deleted for misconduct - Lesotho","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/two-nurses-deleted-for-misconduct#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/two-nurses-deleted-for-misconduct#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2023\/06\/sm_1685951333.378144.jpg","datePublished":"2023-06-05T12:05:24+00:00","dateModified":"2023-06-05T12:22:32+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"A Kolonyama midwife, \u2019Mamalibeng Ralenkoane, who allegedly neglected a woman during labour has been deleted from the nur ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/two-nurses-deleted-for-misconduct#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/two-nurses-deleted-for-misconduct"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/two-nurses-deleted-for-misconduct#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2023\/06\/sm_1685951333.378144.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2023\/06\/sm_1685951333.378144.jpg","width":448,"height":252,"caption":"Two nurses deleted for misconduct"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/two-nurses-deleted-for-misconduct#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Two nurses deleted for misconduct"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/","name":"Lesotho","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}