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'Mugabe's long lost daughter' sent to Ingutsheni Psychiatric Hospital
10 May 2014 at 01:49hrs | Views
A BULAWAYO woman claiming to be President Robert Mugabe's daughter remains admitted at Ingutsheni Psychiatric Hospital two weeks after being arrested for demanding an audience with the 90-year-old leader.
Chiratidzo Sango (39) of Pumula East high-density suburb stormed the State House in Bulawayo near Richmond suburb and close to Northlea High School on April 24 demanding to see Mugabe claiming to be his long-lost daughter.
Mugabe was in the city on the day in question to officially open the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF). Sango had earlier on reportedly failed to see Mugabe at the ZITF grounds after she was barred by the police, forcing her to go to the State House.
She was, however, arrested and sent to Ingutsheni Hospital for mental patients by members of the presidential guard manning the State House.
Her father Robson Sango yesterday told Southern Eye that his daughter had now been admitted at the mental health institution.
"She is still admitted at Ingutsheni Hospital. We are hopeful that she will get better and be released soon," Sango said adding that his daughter had for years been claiming to have been fathered by Mugabe.
"I keep praying that one day my daughter will be fine. This has been going on for years and she has been in and out of Ingutsheni," he said.
The mother of one told Southern Eye recently in an interview that she was convinced Mugabe was her father.
Health experts say Sango might be suffering from delusions of grandeur, a type of disorder among patients suffering from mental illnesses.
According to research, the disease is characterised by fantastical beliefs that one is famous, omnipotent, wealthy or otherwise very powerful.
Research suggests that the severity of the delusion of grandeur is directly related to a higher self-esteem in individuals and inversely related to any individual's severity of depression and negative self-evaluations.
Chiratidzo Sango (39) of Pumula East high-density suburb stormed the State House in Bulawayo near Richmond suburb and close to Northlea High School on April 24 demanding to see Mugabe claiming to be his long-lost daughter.
Mugabe was in the city on the day in question to officially open the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF). Sango had earlier on reportedly failed to see Mugabe at the ZITF grounds after she was barred by the police, forcing her to go to the State House.
She was, however, arrested and sent to Ingutsheni Hospital for mental patients by members of the presidential guard manning the State House.
Her father Robson Sango yesterday told Southern Eye that his daughter had now been admitted at the mental health institution.
"She is still admitted at Ingutsheni Hospital. We are hopeful that she will get better and be released soon," Sango said adding that his daughter had for years been claiming to have been fathered by Mugabe.
"I keep praying that one day my daughter will be fine. This has been going on for years and she has been in and out of Ingutsheni," he said.
The mother of one told Southern Eye recently in an interview that she was convinced Mugabe was her father.
Health experts say Sango might be suffering from delusions of grandeur, a type of disorder among patients suffering from mental illnesses.
According to research, the disease is characterised by fantastical beliefs that one is famous, omnipotent, wealthy or otherwise very powerful.
Research suggests that the severity of the delusion of grandeur is directly related to a higher self-esteem in individuals and inversely related to any individual's severity of depression and negative self-evaluations.
Source - Southern Eye
