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Tourists stabbed with knives during two armed robberies Incidents a huge setback for Swakopmund’s image as safe destination for tourists
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Honouring their dead
Floris Steenkamp
A gang of three armed men is believed to be behind the stabbing of two tourists during separate armed robberies at Swakopmund this week. These incidents are a wounds to the neck and stabbed with a knife huge concern to the head during the armed and robbed of her Namibian Police at robbery. This incident camera and cash. She the moment and the was on Sunday in was also hospitalised at the Cottage Meditourism industry Rhode Allee Street. fears a back lash after In a second incident on Clinic due to the sevethe one victim sum- Wednesday night, a fe- rity of her injuries. marily left the coun- m a l e t o u r i s t w a s At the time of going to try after his dis- attacked by the same press yesterday the Nacharge from the gang in the area close mibian Police was yet Cottage MediClinic. to the Swakopmund to make a public stateHe sustained stab Hotel. She was also ment on the matter. A
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Footage of the thugs’ getaway vehicle. Any person that can recognise this vehicle is urged to get in contact with their nearest police station. picture is circulating of a grey small sedan vehicle (no registration number) which the thugs allegedly used to carry out the robbery
on Wednesday night. It is also believed these same thugs broke into a vehicle close to the Ministry of Fisheries building in Swakop-
mund shortly after the stabing, indicating they are ruthless and determined to terrorise or use any other means to rob and steal.
Woman denied anaesthetics
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Chased away at Walvis Bay State Hospital Eileen van der Schyff A Walvis Bay woman shared her horrifying experience with namib times this week of how a medical practitioner at the town's state hospital cut open a septic wound without administering an anaesthetic. When she became hysterical of pain and shock, she was chased away without the wound being properly closed up again after it was cleaned. The woman had a caesarean recently, but the operation wound became septic and she turned to the Walvis Bay state hospital for assistance. To clean the wound, the doctor had to cut it open. She (the doctor) did
so without administering an anaesthetic and when the women screamed and cried she replied with the words “I know it is sore, just stop screaming and don't be such a sissy”. The young woman had a caesarean at the Rehoboth state hos-
pital recently, but sadly the baby died days later. She came to Walvis Bay and discovered after some days that all is not well. The operation wound partly started to open and it was clear that the wound had inflammation to it and was
becoming septic. At the hospital she was told to lay down, expecting the doctor to dress the wound. Within a few seconds she felt immense pain. So severe and intense the pain was that she started to scream and cry.
“The doctor did not tell me that she was going to cut open my wound. I just suddenly felt this severe pain and started to scream”, the woman told namib times in an interview at her home in Walvis Bay on Saturday afternoon. Adding she was shocked beyond belief when the doctor made those arrogant and unsympathetic remarks. According to the
woman the doctor then instructed a nurse to bring her a Panado for the pain. The doctor allegedly simply carried on despite the woman's immense pain and said all woman go through this as “this is the way it is done here”. After a few minutes more, the doctor instructed the nurse, who was standing by throughout the whole procedure, to take over Continues on page 2
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