Mothers suffer twice in hospital's baby bungle

DNA tests, heartbreak and exhumation due to stillborn mix-ups

10 January 2021 - 00:20 By NALEDI SHANGE and naledi shange

One of the hardest things Millicent Nxumalo had to endure after a miscarriage six months into her pregnancy was to stand by as the body of her baby was exhumed - the aftermath of an alleged bungling at the hospital...

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