Christmas in a hospital bed

Pudd’ng’s favourite cousin, Nate* broke his elbow the last Friday before Christmas. His parents thought it was a small matter. That Nate would be in and out of hospital in a matter of hours.

However, the first hospital that they went to referred them to another, because they did not have an X-ray machine. This other hospital referred them to an even bigger hospital. And that’s how four-year-old Nate ended up spending Christmas and Utamaduni Day in hospital. Their plans to travel upcountry for the Christmas holidays were replaced by this medical emergency which, like many others, hits families, in their hearts and wallets, without prior warning.