Mother holds Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital surgeons responsible for her daughter’s death
Little AnnaMarie was starved for three days before undergoing surgery.
The Germiston City News was this morning alearted to a report, by EWN, that Germiston mother, Christa Tewitz, had to fight with surgeons at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital to help her daughter.
It has been reported that mother and will now take legal action after her seven-year-old passed away.
AnnaMarie Tweitz died on Saturday, January 3.
AnnaMarie, a cancer patient, was in remission after suffering from a brain tumour but was readmitted to hospital shortly after Christmas.
Christa said it was a fight with surgeons from the very beginning, and is now reportedly seeking legal action over her daughter’s death and medical bills amounting to over R150,000.
“She was cancer-free.
“She was a cancer survivor.
“She went through radiation, she went through chemotherapy and she survived.
“These are doctors who don’t have a clue what they’re doing and they are killing people.
“I hold them responsible because they have killed my child,” said Christa.
Christa went on to describe how little AnnaMarie was starved for three days before undergoing surgery and this caused her critical condition to deteriorate.
She claims the surgeons would not see her daughter until the young girl stopped breathing and she laid complaints.
The Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital’s neurosurgery head said that he regrets the child’s death but has denied allegations of negligence.
The GCN has made attempts to reach Christa Tewitz.
More details will follow as they become available.
