She was seven months pregnant and in agony at her home in Lindelani.
Her anxious boyfriend, Zakhele Dlamini, called the Emergency Medical Rescue Services on the night of December 16, 2016.
But Lilli Hadebe did not receive the kind of medical care that she and Zakhele thought they would get.
Zakhele told the Courier that the paramedics told them that ‘they did not have any equipment – not even oxygen to assist Lilli’s condition’.
To compound the situation, Zakhele says one of the paramedics was constantly on his cellphone ‘busy with private matters’ instead of tending to his pregnant girlfriend.
“I believe it was this don’t-care-attitude and the lack of equipment that led to the death of Lilli and my unborn child.
“I want justice as this will happen again if we do not take steps.”
Zakhele said he reported the tragedy to the EMRS and demanded an investigation.
He was told he would be contacted but up until now, no one has been in touch with him.
He then contacted the Courier who immediately asked the KZN Heath Department in Pietermaritzburg for a comment.
While acknowledging receipt of the complaint, Agiza Hlongwane, Deputy Director, Liaison, with the KZN Health Department, said there would have to ‘be further investigations’.
The results of this investigation will be published once these are released to the Courier.