The hospital’s clinical manager says the abuse was inhumane and that the matter will be investigated and those involved will be taken to task. Mamelodi Hospital’s clinical manager, Dr Mpho Thoabala Motjope said the facility was “dismayed and appalled” by the abuse of 76-year-old Martha Marais at the hospital. This comes after it surfaced through..
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Inhumane abuse of elderly woman at the hands of hospital staff in Mamelodi Hospital – woman tied up to a leg of a chair and lying on the floor
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One month later and still no surgery for elderly woman who suffered extensive injuries at Limpopo hospital – This is what happen when you cannot afford medical aid and you left in the care of government hospitals!
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Catherine Ugoda and her twin granddaughters were admitted to the Louis Trichardt Hospital on 22 December after the taxi they were travelling in crashed into a bakkie on the N1.
An elderly woman who suffered extensive injuries during an accident exactly a month ago says she’s frustrated and disappointed that she’s still waiting for surgery in a Limpopo hospital.
Catherine Ugoda and her twin granddaughters were admitted to the Louis Trichardt Memorial Hospital on 22 December after the taxi they were travelling in crashed into a bakkie on the N1.
She says she was initially told she wouldn’t have surgery at the time because the majority of doctors were on leave.
The Limpopo Health Department says her operation is scheduled for Wednesday.
Ugoda says she would have left the hospital if she had money.
“I’ve been in this bed since 22 December. [Service] at [this] Limpopo hospital is very poor.”
Her twin granddaughters have already been discharged, bu
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Elderly woman cruelly attacked by barbaric terrorist in small town Reddersburg
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Warning: Photo’s not for sensitive readers: An elderly woman from Reddersburg in the South Free State are currently recuperating at close relatives in Bloemfontein after being cruelly attacked at the shop she managed for her daughter. Erica Kleinhans, 51, tells her mother, Poppie Lennox, 78, was alone in her shop on Monday afternoon, “A young..
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Farm attack : Elderly woman brutally stabbed during invasion attack by terrorist in Mpumalanga
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A farm attack took place at Renosterkop which is close to Nelspruit, Mpumalanga Province. The attack was reported by Ian Cameron of AfriForum on 22 November 2018. Two attackers stabbed an elderly woman (69) during the attack. It is reported that only a mobile phone and tablet were stolen. The woman was transported to hospital..
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Elderly woman murdered in Summerstrand home, Port-Elizabeth
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The body of an 83-year-old woman has been found in her Summerstrand home.
The elderly woman was found after her stolen car was found in bushes near Despatch.
Police spokesman Captain Johan Rheeder said the woman had been tied up and police were still on the scene determining how she had been murdered.
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VICIOUS ATTACK ON ELDERLY WOMAN – ATTACKER BITES FINGERS TO GET RINGS
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Knysna News: A Narnia Village woman was viciously attacked by a man she called a “yellow-eyed animal”, who tried to bite the rings off her fingers on Sunday morning 19 November. A shaken Ethne Hillhouse this week said her sunny morning turned into a sudden brush with death when the man appeared from nowhere. She..
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