Nurses 'refused to help victim'
NURSES should fully apply their minds to whether to attend to anyone in an emergency medical situation outside the premises of health institutions.
This is the view of Limpopo health spokesman Joe Maile after residents of Sebayeng village in Solomondale complained of the "rudeness" and "uncaring attitude" of nurses at the local clinic. This was after another resident was hit by a car last Saturday.
Sehlabane Pheeta alighted from a minibus taxi on a busy provincial road that runs through the village.
He apparently dropped a parcel as he crossed the road and on picking it up he was hit by an oncoming car.
Jack Makgasha, who witnessed the accident, explained: "The clinic is almost 100m from where the accident happened. We rushed to the clinic for the nurses to provide first-aid.
"But the nurses were very rude and told us they don't work on the streets."
Pheeta died an hour later lying on the road without having been given first aid by the nurses.
Makgasha said Pheeta was the fourth person to be hit by a car on that stretch of road since last year, with nurses refusing to provide assistance.
"My heart was very sore when I saw him lying on the road with his life slowly ebbing away," Makgasha said
"We have also made a request to the municipality for speed humps on that stretch of road but there has been no response so far."
But Maile said nurses sometimes find themselves in a catch-22 situation because it may sound rude for nurses to tell people in need of medical attention that they "don't work on the streets".
On the other hand, it's "true that the nurses only work in the confines of their institutions", Maile said.
"Sometimes it's not practical for the nurses to leave the institution to attend to someone on the street.
"The people should have carried that person to a clinic or used the same car that knocked him down him to take him to hospital."
Most Popular
-
No Viewed Articles yet
Comments
SifisoHadebe
Savages!Report Abuse
candilious
But Maile said nurses sometimes find themselves in a catch-22 situation because it may sound rude for nurses to tell people in need of medical attention that they "don't work on the streets".On the other hand, it's "true that the nurses only work in the confines of their institutions", Maile said.
"Sometimes it's not practical for the nurses to leave the institution to attend to someone on the street.
"The people should have carried that person to a clinic or used the same car that knocked him down him to take him to hospital."
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
WTF - Thats no blerrie exuse if thats your proffession it comes naturally to help the next person. Bloody nerve ,my guess is those nurses are there with fraudulent qualifications as any sane person who is a Dr or Nurse would have rushed to the scene to assist.
Secondly Moer Maile ,if their had carried or lifted the person up and he died on the way the very same people would have beencharged with his murder.According to 911 in any event not to lift any injured person until Paramedics in this case Nurses came. Fokken kom se their should have taken him to the clinic fok that nurses and you lazy BIACHES no ethics at all tsek
Report Abuse
Pointman
This is a difficult one. It is paramedics who are trained to provide help on the street and also have the equipment. The nurses could have been more compassionate though and at least directed the people what to do. And how come the reporter did not interview the nurses. We need to know both sides of the story.Report Abuse
maneater
The people should have carried that person to a clinic or used the same car that knocked him down him to take him to hospital.==================================================================
there's your unswer right there you should have brought the person to the hospital instead of leaving him to die on the street.
Report Abuse
Fabstar
I person died cause of red tape? I hear what you are saying Maile but if it was one of the staff member's family lying there, they would have been well equiped to help. What if by moving the person actual cause more harm... remember people are not adviced to move people at accident scenes. We are bound by our job discriptions and forget how to be "human"Report Abuse
MommaC
What happened to the Hippocratic Oath?This is just crazy. A person with first aid knowledge refuses to help a person in need of first aid and its okay? What are we becoming?
Report Abuse
RobinH
They could have picked up a phone and called Emergency Services. There is absolutely no excuse for this, no matter how much the department does its song and dance. To me, joining the Health profession at any level is as much of a calling as joining the priesthood. One is to serve the people and one's first priority should ALWAYS be the welfare of patients. People who do not accept this can go and work in another arena.Report Abuse
Eraser
Nurses are just nurses cause there r no jobs..cause if it was in them to help others they would hv atleast provided first aid..Report Abuse
RobinH
Fabstar: Don't be misled. In bona-fide emergencies there are processes in place that allow people who are actually interested in assisting the patient to circumvent the normal procedures. Red tape did not lead to this. Pure laziness and no desire to be of service.... those are the culprits.Report Abuse
Ann
i can just imagine those ugly nurses ba pena dinko tsa bona , meanwhile motho a shwa ko strateng sis!Report Abuse
Read all 26 comments