Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
Pumula girl's limbs fall off, witchcraft suspected
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2011 August 21 10:00:30 | 347 Views
IN a suspected case of witchcraft, a Pumula family in Bulawayo has been left dumbfounded and in distress after their six-year-old daughter developed a "mysterious" disease that resulted in her left hand falling off.
As if the trauma of losing her first limb was not enough, her remaining left hand has since desiccated and is at an advanced stage of decay.
The girl, Melta Zodwa Ncube, lost one of her limbs sometime between May and July this year.
It is reported that the girl started experiencing pain in her limbs sometime in February this year, while she was at her rural home in Lupane.
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"When she started complaining of pains in her hands I took her to a clinic where she was referred to St Luke's and then to Mpilo. When we got to Mpilo my daughter was diagnosed with a rare disorder they said was gangrenous," she said.
Mrs Ncube said she thought her daughter's condition would improve when she was admitted to Mpilo and was given several injections but instead her condition deteriorated.
"Instead of her condition improving it worsened. A few days after they gave my daughter injections, her hands began turning black and rubbery like those of a doll. That is when her right limb fell off," said a distraught Mrs Ncube.
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Full story at; http://www.bulawayo24.com/index-id-...l's+limbs+fall+off,+witchcraft+suspected.html
by .
2011 August 21 10:00:30 | 347 Views
IN a suspected case of witchcraft, a Pumula family in Bulawayo has been left dumbfounded and in distress after their six-year-old daughter developed a "mysterious" disease that resulted in her left hand falling off.
As if the trauma of losing her first limb was not enough, her remaining left hand has since desiccated and is at an advanced stage of decay.
The girl, Melta Zodwa Ncube, lost one of her limbs sometime between May and July this year.
It is reported that the girl started experiencing pain in her limbs sometime in February this year, while she was at her rural home in Lupane.
...
"When she started complaining of pains in her hands I took her to a clinic where she was referred to St Luke's and then to Mpilo. When we got to Mpilo my daughter was diagnosed with a rare disorder they said was gangrenous," she said.
Mrs Ncube said she thought her daughter's condition would improve when she was admitted to Mpilo and was given several injections but instead her condition deteriorated.
"Instead of her condition improving it worsened. A few days after they gave my daughter injections, her hands began turning black and rubbery like those of a doll. That is when her right limb fell off," said a distraught Mrs Ncube.
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Full story at; http://www.bulawayo24.com/index-id-...l's+limbs+fall+off,+witchcraft+suspected.html