A male nurse was stabbed while taking a smoke break at the Helen Joseph Hospital!
The Gauteng MEC for Health and Wellness, Nomantu Nkomo condemned the attack on the nursing staff at the Hospital by criminals disguised as escorts of an injured patient.
Nkomo said a nurse was stabbed in the abdomen by two men escorting a wounded patient at the hospital.
She said that the attackers approached the nurse who had gone outside for a comfort break and attempted to rob him of his cellphone before stabbing him in the parking lot.
The MEC expressed how disgraceful it was that people who had come to seek help for their friend who had a stab wound on his hand, can turn and harm those meant to help them.
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It is reported that before the male nurse was stabbed, there was an attempt to rob him and the two men were unruly at the hospital’s Accident and Emergency Department.
"They violently demanded hospital staff to immediately attend to their friend, while they were busy with patients who came first and had more severe injuries," she said.
She further stated that the two men also argued with staff and other escorts who had accompanied other patients.
"One of them became too violent and slapped another escort accompanying a patient," she said.
Security personnel at the hospital intervened and the culprits fled the scene after their attempt to rob the health worker failed.
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The nurse who was stabbed is currently receiving treatment at Helen Joseph Hospital and is in a stable condition.
Gauteng Police spokesman, Lieutenant colonel Mavela Masondo, has confirmed that a case of attempted murder has been opened and is under investigation.
He said no arrest has been made yet and pleads with SunReaders to contact the police should they have any information that may lead to the arrest of the perpetrators.
