She says while a doctor admitted they were at fault, all she received from the hospital was an apology and being called the K-word.Phumla says in 2007 she had a terrible headache and was admitted to hospital with both her eyes “working perfectly”.
“We went to the hospital again to ask what was happening. The doctor said his student nurse injected the needle into my vein and he apologised for the damage. She says in 2009, she also lost her right eye: “The second eye became painful and started seeing gloomy. “People were taking advantage of her blindness when I was at work, they would knock and steal items at the house,” he says.