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Confusion over treatment of patient by doctor in local hospital Liesl Losper
An incident that occurred recently raised the question whether a patient, who is hurt and wants to lay a charge with the police after treatment, can be assisted by a private doctor or not. In August, a Walvis Bay resident who is known getting weaker, and when we inspected the to the newspaper, was stabbed in a nightclub in wound we noticed that his intestines was Narraville. The victim told namib times that he bulging outside of his body. We immediately consumed alcohol in the club and started phoned an ambulance and we took him to smoking a cigarette inside the building. “I lit a Welwitschia Hospital. My husband is a cigarette in the club and I know I was wrong, member of a medical aid. When we came there but afterwards a guard came to me and we the nurse and the doctor said they cannot help started to argue. After I left the club, two him because they cannot get involved in police security guards followed me and started to beat matters. We then rushed to the State hospital me. One security guard pulled out a knife and and they immediately sent him to Windhoek for stabbed me. I fainted and someone who passed treatment.” The victim's health improved to by called the police who informed my wife.” such an extent that was able to return home. The victim's wife told the newspaper that when When he called the newspaper for an interview the police phoned her, she first thought it was a he said they have opened a case with the police mistake but she eventually went to the police and that the matter is under investigation, but station in Narraville. “When I came there I was that he was still of the opinion that he should terrified, somehow my husband was just have been treated by the private doctor.
The namib times contacted the Welwitschia Hospital in this regard and Mr Gareth Smith, the Hospital Manager explained to us their side of the story. “I cannot confirm whether the incident was an assault or not, but can confirm that a patient was brought into the hospital at approximately 23:00 in the evening on 14 August 2015 with a stab wound to the abdomen. The patient was brought in by State ambulance together with a State nurse. I have discussed the matter with both the Nurse who was on duty at Welwitschia Hospital that evening, as well as the doctor who was on call. Both of whom attended to the patient. Our policy in the Casualty Department of Welwitschia Hospital, is that in an emergency situation we will always treat the patient and stabilise them, whether they are medical aid patients, private patients, etc. Once the patient Continues on page 2
Lianie May Binnelander en “sub-kontrakteur” trek tou oor geld Walvis Bay resident alleges in Walvis Werker uit binneland moet glo N$1 000 per nag opdok vir blyplek by werk wrongful imprisonment Bay het hy gevra. Die Marshallino Beukes
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Die koerant is Saterdag inderhaas na 'n woning in Swakopmund se Vineta woonbuurt ontbied, nadat omstredenheid rakende die betaling van 'n bouer van Rehoboth en die persoon onder wie hy teël- en reparasiewerk gedoen het, ontstaan het. 'n Ontstoke mnr Ger- pleister en verf van geld aangevra, aanson Uirab het aan- mure by die huis se gesien hy huiswaarts gedui dat hy gedu- braai-area en ook wou keer. rende September reparasiewerk aan die Sy werkgewer het deur die betrokke dak. Die totale bedrag hom blykbaar baie dame (naam bekend) wat volgens Uirab op blatant laat weet dat sy in Windhoek genader ooreengekom was be- nie 'n sent aan hom was vir die werk in loop N$38 305 en gaan betaal nie, maar volgens hom het hy tot later van deuntjie Swakopmund. Volgens hom het hede nog net N$15 verander en hom per hulle ooreengekom 000 daarvan ontvang, sms (in namib times se dat hy 120 vierkante waarmee hy ses wer- besit) laat weet dat meter teëlwerk sou kers wat hy in Swa- N$6 961 aan hom doen, asook die ou kopmund kom aange- oorbetaal sou word. p l a f o n b o r d e m e t stel het, betaal het. Hy “Waar kom sy aan nuwes vervang. Nog het verlede week daardie bedrag en ek is werk wat blykbaar Woensdag die werk tog geregtig op die agterna aan hom afgehandel en skyn- volle bedrag waarop opgedra was, was die baar die res van die ooreengekom was?”
koerant het die dame, wat haar in Windhoek bevind, gekontak om haar kant van die saak aan te hoor. Volgens haar het Uirab kontrak gebreek nadat hy ander werkers aangestel het. Volgens haar het hulle ooreengekom dat hy alleen die werk moes doen en in die huis moes bly. Die huis behoort blykbaar aan 'n persoon in Kanada, wat op sy beurt die werk aan haar gegee het. Oordragdokumente na die Kanadese eienaar se naam is blykbaar ook nog nie afgehandel nie. Sy het ook genoem dat daardie Vervolg op bladsy 2
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“I just want justice to be done…” Haurumbu Antonios Sirumbu (29), a resident from Walvis Bay, wants justice to be served and the correct procedures to be followed, after he was allegedly wrongfully imprisoned. He was sentenced to three years behind bars on a housebreaking charge in the Rundu Continues on page 2