This archive report was first published on 3 August 2020.
Comedian Zeddy Zainabu has shared a harrowing account of her experience giving birth to a stillborn child at Pumwani Hospital in 2020.
Speaking to Grace Msalame, Zeddy recounted how she was referred to Kiambu Hospital from a private hospital, only to be taken to Pumwani Hospital for delivery.
‘Upon reaching there, I was taken directly to the delivery room. When the baby was born, hakulia and I saw them looking at each other. The doctor then took the baby and put him in a box and then using his foot pushed it towards the nurse. He then asked me ‘mtabeba mwende nayo nyumbani?’
Shocked and confused, Zeddy asked a nurse what had happened to her baby, only to be met with a rude response: ‘unatuuliza na wewe ndio umebeba huyu mtoto miezi tisa. we ndio unaeza tuambia nini ilimfanyikia.'
Despite her husband's attempts to comfort her, Zeddy struggled to come to terms with the loss of her child. She was ostracized by other mothers in the ward, who suspected her of stealing their babies.
It was only with the help of a friend who encouraged her to leave her house and engage in normal activities that Zeddy began to heal.
