Newborn dies from burns sustained in baby warmer while mom is in surgery

Instead of bringing their newborn son home, a young Mahikeng family buried him on Monday, a week after he burnt to death in a hospital infant warmer.

Now the family are seeking answers to how baby Onkitsitse could have succumbed to internal burns while he was in the care of nursing staff at Mahikeng Provincial Hospital.

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