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Mom is Not at the Bedside | SA News

As a pediatrician working in a tertiary hospital in an urban South African setting, I have often heard my junior colleagues comment on the fact that a child’s mother is not present at their bedside.

This statement, usually uttered by carefree doctors who have yet to have a family of their own, is laden with judgement, as though it is unfathomable that a mother would leave her sick child, even for a moment, other than for selfish reasons. What they may be shocked to discover, if they took the time to engage with parents beyond muttering a cursory, “how are you?”, is that these mothers are far from selfish.

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