{"id":49065,"date":"2019-06-25T06:00:22","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T04:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weskusnuus\/baba-byna-dood-20190624\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T23:30:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T21:30:36","slug":"baba-byna-dood-20190624","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weskusnuus\/baba-byna-dood-20190624\/","title":{"rendered":"Baba \u2018byna dood\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nadat haar baba \u201cby die dood omgedraai het\u201d s\u00ea Pearl Kortje (33) sy sal nooit weer haar voete in die Wesfleur-hospitaal sit nie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kortje het aan <i>Weskus Nuus<\/i> vertel haar vyf weke oue baba was byna dood terwyl die dokter aan diens glo ges\u00ea het sy moet n\u00e1 drie dae terugkom \u2013 sonder dat hy die kindjie ondersoek het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kortje, wat die afgelope paar jaar in Gauteng woon, het by familie in Atlantis gekuier. 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