Tue May 21 11:18:46 SAST 2013
Tue May 21 11:18:47 SAST 2013

Patient commits suicide at hospital

Jul 10, 2012 | Sapa | 12 comments

39-year-old jumped out of the window - Gauteng Health MEC consoles staff

A patient committed suicide at the Far East Rand hospital in Ekurhuleni, the Gauteng health MEC’s office said on Tuesday.

The 39-year-old patient apparently jumped through a window from the second floor of the hospital on Friday, it said in a statement.

The patient died at the scene.

“Our sympathies are with the family at this difficult time and as the department we will support them in all ways possible,” MEC Ntombi Mekgwe said.

She visited the hospital on Monday and offered counselling to hospital staff affected by the death.

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Tue May 21 11:18:47 SAST 2013 ::
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Jul 10, 2012

Mellow

Sad hey, maybe those heartless nurses didnt give her any attention and couldnt stand the pain anymore we know how they get sometimes treats patients like dirt

May her soul RIP
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Jul 10, 2012

2shy2call

Stop Swearing at Nurses, they will throw you out of the window and the MEC will say you jumped out of the window, what for? Sister Mildred don't play
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Jul 10, 2012

kataleya

my condolenses to this familly but there is a reason behind this story ,either this nurses orrr '''
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Jul 10, 2012

BaleliM

incomplete story once again sowetan. Reasons?
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Jul 10, 2012

Real-Mogwanthi

@2shy2call

Lmbftao...so you think the Nurses could not take it anymore?
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Jul 10, 2012

MSG_S

BaleliM
incomplete story once again sowetan. Reasons?
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I don't know whether Far East Hospital is private or public. If it is public,you are sent there to die anyway
This story is complete if this is a public hospital. Yesterday I heard about HIV testing equipment which come up with unreliable result. I am not sure what was it all about I just heard this on TV while I was half asleep. That is all for our hospitals to be used on us my sister
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Jul 10, 2012

Papage

Was this a man or female patient or what? was he/she ok in the head? if not why allow such patient on the second floor, this is for the second time mad people are allowed on the second or top floors by hospitals Why?
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Jul 10, 2012

nomsa04

what kind of hospital is that, the windows are suppose to be high where no one can reach them, ive seem most hospitals they even ahave that hoker for windows that hospital should be renewvated and the windows should be higher where no one can reach!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Jul 10, 2012

eisleben

State registered coward. I have very little sympathy for people who minds dictates that they cut their lives short. Life is so fun and so important to exit just like that. Next time I would prefer that people pick up their remains and corpses when they are done commiting suicides. May, however, his soul rest in peace.
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Jul 10, 2012

Secretary

Tight security is reserved for President only. What patient should be?.Everybody in RSA feel to jump from tallest building due to stress Zuma is causing for us. Thanks to mangaung conference that will make only one man to plummet. The words of condolences to the family of the deceased. It is not him alone who experienced the worse service delivery and string of dictations.We are also tied and we will harness mangaung conference for the gain of all south African instead of Swhoerland/Nkandla and Zulus.
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