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3 Vapostori die after refusing medical assistance
07 Aug 2015 at 14:07hrs | Views
Three family members from Johanne Marange Church died after refusing medical help prompted Headman Madamombe under Chief Chivese in Chikomba District to summon Ministry of Health officials to immunize 50 children.
The three who were ill died within weeks of each other.
Nehemias Masomeke of Maseva Village, his daughter Sarah (16), and son Abraham (5) died after a short illness.
Simbarashe Nhopi the currentHeadman Madamombe confirmed the deaths.
Masomeke, died at Bocha where he had gone for a church gathering despite him not feeling well.
His son Abraham died at Chitsidzo in Gutu where he was being prayed for by a prophet identified as Gotora.
"I had to take the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) to accompany me to Chitsidzo in Gutu after I heard that Abraham was dead. I found the deceased together with his mother in a dusty shack built out of plastic papers and his siblings were looking like skeletons due to an illness," said Headman Madamombe
Gotora said he was praying for the family to cast away an evil spirit that was causing all the illnesses.
"He said the evil spirit was a result of the lobola cattle that were taken unlawfully hence should be paid or else Masomeke would die," reiterated the headman.
At Abraham's funeral, the headman summoned the Ministry of Health which brought ambulances from Chivhu and the health personnel from Madamombe rural clinic for immunisation of the Marange children.
"They secured the place so that no one would run away. More than 50 children of the Johane Marange sect were immunised. Some tried to resist but I decreed that whoever refused would be punished," said Madamombe.
The three who were ill died within weeks of each other.
Nehemias Masomeke of Maseva Village, his daughter Sarah (16), and son Abraham (5) died after a short illness.
Simbarashe Nhopi the currentHeadman Madamombe confirmed the deaths.
Masomeke, died at Bocha where he had gone for a church gathering despite him not feeling well.
"I had to take the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) to accompany me to Chitsidzo in Gutu after I heard that Abraham was dead. I found the deceased together with his mother in a dusty shack built out of plastic papers and his siblings were looking like skeletons due to an illness," said Headman Madamombe
Gotora said he was praying for the family to cast away an evil spirit that was causing all the illnesses.
"He said the evil spirit was a result of the lobola cattle that were taken unlawfully hence should be paid or else Masomeke would die," reiterated the headman.
At Abraham's funeral, the headman summoned the Ministry of Health which brought ambulances from Chivhu and the health personnel from Madamombe rural clinic for immunisation of the Marange children.
"They secured the place so that no one would run away. More than 50 children of the Johane Marange sect were immunised. Some tried to resist but I decreed that whoever refused would be punished," said Madamombe.
Source - Masvingo Mirror
