The Ministry of Health (MINISANTE) has rejected claims that an overdose of peniciline could have resulted in the death of a patient after a nurse allegedly administered into the patient three injections of the antibiotic.
The ministry was reacting to a recent story circulated in different media outlets alleging that a nurse identified as Desiré Ngirabacu served Alphonse Muhigana with 3 injections of penicillin antibiotic which caused his death.
The then Rusizi based nurse is currently on run and relevant authorities are persuing her.
“Based on a recent story published on this website titled‘Nurse Disappears After Killing Patient’, the Ministry of Health would like to explain that the body of the deceased (Alphonse Muhigana) was indeed found at Gira Ubuzima dispensary last week and taken to Nyanza hospital for autopsy,” the statement reads in parts.
“The Ministry of Health would like to clarify that these doses of penicillin antibiotic cannot kill a person except in particular circumstances where the patient is allergic or if the nurse used a wrong way to inject the said patient,” the statement adds.
The statement also explains that Gira Ubuzima dispensary had been closed by the Ministry of Health and the Police, months before the incident occurred for failure to meet required health standards.
Police is said to have taken the body to Nyanza hospital and requested the doctor on duty, Dr. Sylvain Kapinga Musangu for an autopsy of the deceased.
The statement has indicated that the said skilled general practitioner is not qualified to perform such post-mortem examination but instead went ahead to perform it.
“By doing so he drew uncertain conclusions and misled the entire health sector and police authorities,” it reads in parts.
“This is improper medical practice because such cases are handled at hospitals such as the Kacyiru Police Hospital,” that statement continues.
According to the statement, the ministry of health has suspended doctor Kapinga Musangu for scientific malpractices agreeing to perform an autopsy that he is not qualified to do which they say resulted into providing a wrong report.
The Ministry of health has warned all health professionals saying that there is a zero tolerance for all acts, care and oral or written report that are not based on good practices and scientific evidence.
“Thanks to technology there is no excuse today for not having evidence based results,” the statement read parts.
Investigations however to ascertain why it was later opened without authorization from the Health Ministry has been launched.
“As investigations continue, we would like to assure the entire population that the health sector is committed to providing quality health care to all citizens and evidence based results in health related investigative cases.”
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