FORMER national police commissioner Jackie Selebi will remain in the medical wing of the correctional facility indefinitely, Correctional Services said yesterday.
Selebi has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for corruption for accepting money from convicted drug trafficker Glen Agliotti.
The disgraced former top cop's appeal was later dismissed by Judge Kenneth Mthiyane in the Supreme Court of Appeals in Bloemfontein in the Free State.
Selebi's specialist physician, Heleen Bierman, said the former police commissioner had to be constantly monitored because his medical condition, if not regularly checked, could be life-threatening.
"When he was admitted, he had very low blood-sugar levels. His condition needs to be constantly monitored and, if not, it could be life-threatening. He will need frequent monitoring in the correctional facility," Bierman said.
"He is also suffering from end-stage kidney disease. This has now reached a stage where renal replacement therapy has become imperative," the physician said.
National commissioner for Correctional Services Tom Moyane said Selebi would be constantly monitored by specialists.
"Selebi will spend the remainder of his incarceration in the medical wing of our facility. It is important for Correctional Services to be transparent and not to be seen to be hiding something and that Selebi is not faking anything," Moyane said.
He would not be drawn into comparisons between Selebi and convicted fraudster Shabir Schaik.
"It would be unfair to make comparison analysis between the two. This matter is about Selebi," he said.
Moyane reiterated that Selebi was not receiving any special treatment at Steve Biko Academic Hospital and that he was in the facility purely because of his medical condition.
Selebi to stay in hospital for now
FORMER national police commissioner Jackie Selebi will remain in the medical wing of the correctional facility indefinitely, Correctional Services said yesterday.
Selebi has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for corruption for accepting money from convicted drug trafficker Glen Agliotti.
The disgraced former top cop's appeal was later dismissed by Judge Kenneth Mthiyane in the Supreme Court of Appeals in Bloemfontein in the Free State.
Selebi's specialist physician, Heleen Bierman, said the former police commissioner had to be constantly monitored because his medical condition, if not regularly checked, could be life-threatening.
"When he was admitted, he had very low blood-sugar levels. His condition needs to be constantly monitored and, if not, it could be life-threatening. He will need frequent monitoring in the correctional facility," Bierman said.
"He is also suffering from end-stage kidney disease. This has now reached a stage where renal replacement therapy has become imperative," the physician said.
National commissioner for Correctional Services Tom Moyane said Selebi would be constantly monitored by specialists.
"Selebi will spend the remainder of his incarceration in the medical wing of our facility. It is important for Correctional Services to be transparent and not to be seen to be hiding something and that Selebi is not faking anything," Moyane said.
He would not be drawn into comparisons between Selebi and convicted fraudster Shabir Schaik.
"It would be unfair to make comparison analysis between the two. This matter is about Selebi," he said.
Moyane reiterated that Selebi was not receiving any special treatment at Steve Biko Academic Hospital and that he was in the facility purely because of his medical condition.
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