Amid DNA paternity fuss: How nurse confessed to swapping babies in maternity ward, 5yrs ago
Khalid ABRAHAM
DNA paternity test has become an issue in recent times as some fathers demanding the test are discovering that the children they had raised and grown to love and care for are actually not theirs biologically, they have only been theirs physically, courtesy of their wives’ “magnanimity” via extramarital affairs. Couples are divorcing as an aftermath of the discoveries and disorienting such unfortunate children.
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In the midst of this uproar nonetheless, a story published in a 2019 edition of the print version (The Insight) of this medium, brings a strange twist into the hullabaloo. It’s how a nurse (Elizabeth Bwalya Mwewa), in Zambia, a East African country, who, down with cancer, and in the throes of death, made a shocking confession of how she swapped close to 5, 000 babies in the maternity ward of Zambian teaching hospital she worked for 12 years. She, though now remorseful, disclosed she did it for “fun” and perhaps under the influence of a demonic force. She consequently begged for “forgiveness,” from the victims, many whom she noted she had caused heartache.
Read the story below, headlined, “I swapped close to 5,000 babies in the 12 years I worked in the maternity ward – Dying nurse confesses.”
A dying nurse has begged God for forgiveness while confessing that she swapped thousands of babies while she was working as a nurse in University Teaching Hospital (UTH), Lusaka, Zambia.
Elizabeth Mwewa, a nurse who worked at University Teaching Hospital, formerly called Lusaka Hospital, in Lusaka, Zambia, confessed on her sick bed that she exchanged the babies of thousands of new – mothers while she worked at the maternity ward of UTH.
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Elizabeth Bwalya Mwewa now suffers from cancer and, as she lay on her sickbed, she confessed to all her crimes.
She said few weeks ago: “May God Forgive me for my sins,” adding, “I used to swap babies at UTH for fun.”
She continued: “I have terminal cancer and I know I will be dying soon. I wish to confess my sins before God and before all the affected people especially those who were giving birth at UTH during my service. I have found God. I’m now born again. I have nothing to hide. In the 12 years I worked in the maternity ward at UTH, I swapped close to 5000 babies.
“If you were born in UTH between the years 1983 and 1995 chances are your parents may not be your biological parents. I had developed a habit of swapping newly born babies just for fun. So take a good look at your siblings, if for example everyone is light and you are darkie… you are that child and I am really sorry for that.
“I know I sinned against God and may he forgive me for that. I am also asking Zambians to forgive me for the evil things I was doing to innocent children.
“I have caused some faithful couples to divorce after going for DNA tests. It’s now that I have realised I was just being used by a demon to do that. I have caused many mothers to breastfeed children who are not theirs biologically.
“I don’t want to go to hell for that, I’m really sorry I have sinned a lot. Please forgive me.”
However, in a dramatic twist the news was denied by the Zambia’s General Nursing Council saying no nurse bore that name during the period claimed by the “villain.” Yet, some believed it’s “mere denial” by the authorities.
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Read story debunking the news.
“Preliminary investigation by the General Nursing Council of Zambia found no records of a midwife or nurse with Mwewa’s name having ever worked in the maternity ward of the hospital. The council stated that further investigation was needed to verify the authenticity of the report.
“Several news outlets, including Classic 105 and The Lusaka Times, reported that the claim was false and that Mwewa was not a registered nurse in the General Nursing Council of Zambia register. The Zambian Observer, where the initial report was published, also faced criticism for not fact-checking the story before publication,” thus, “The authenticity of Elizabeth Bwalya Mwewa’s confession remains disputed. While she claimed to have swapped thousands of babies, the investigation by the General Nursing Council of Zambia found no evidence to support her claims.”
It remains disputed but the DNA paternity test uproar and cases of “bastards” in homes remains undisputed.
Editor’s note:
In the face of these controversies, what do you think?
