'n Ontstelde mnr. Johan Erasmus wat verlede week 'n geliefde werknemer na 'n nagmerrie-ondervinding in Carletonville Hospitaal aan die dood moes afstaan. Voor Erasmus le sy foon waarop hy hulle laaste telefoongesprekke opgeneem het.
Geliefde werknemer sterf na ‘swak hospitaaldiens
“Hierdie hospitaal het sy kans op lewe van hom weggevat”. Dit is die woorde van die eienaar van Ibhubezi Power Lines op Carletonville, mnr. Johan Erasmus, wie se getroue werknemer, mnr. Gustav Ferreira, verlede week na dae se hospitaalbehandeling oorlede is. Volgens Erasmus het die 61-jarige
Ferreira, wat reeds jare vir die besigheid werk, hom die middag van 13 Oktober gebel na hy ‘n skerp pyn in sy bors en arm begin voel het. Ferreira,
wat al lank ‘n diabeet is, het vermoed dat hy dalk besig is om ‘n hartaanval te kry en is dadelik na Carletonville Hospitaal. Hy is in die hospitaal opgeneem en Erasmus en sy vrou, Penny, het hom die volgende aand gaan besoek. “Toe ons daar kom, het hy soveel pyn gehad hy wou skree. Hy was ook baie moeg,” vertel Erasmus. Volgens Erasmus het Ferreira onder normale omstandighede ondanks sy gesondheidsprobleme bykans nooit gekla nie. Die feit dat hy gekreun het van pyn, wat met tye só erg was dat hy byna nie kon praat nie, was dus buitengewoon. Die Erasmusse het hom weer die volgende oggend gaan besoek en vir hom ‘n gesondheidsdrankie en ‘n sjokolade geneem. Hulle het hom weer die middag van 15 Oktober besoek. Met dié besoek het Ferreira vertel dat hy vir die eerste keer ‘n dokter gesien het en dat dié ‘n dreineringspyp in sy maag laat insit het. Hy het egter steeds gekrul van die pyn en het gekla dat sy maag glad nie wil werk nie. Erasmus het al meer oor Ferreira bekommerd begin raak en later sy eie dokter om raad gekontak. Dié het voorgestel dat Ferreira ‘n enema moet kry. Na verpleegpersoneel aan Erasmus vertel het dat hulle nie enemas in voorraad by die hospitaal het nie, het hy dit self gaan koop en na die hospitaal geneem. Na die personeel, wat volgens Erasmus “onbeskof” was, dit aanvanklik nie vir Ferreira wou toedien nie, het hy eers self probeer, waarna een van die verpleegsters hom wel gehelp het. Tussendeur dié gesukkel het Erasmus en sy vrou hulp gaan soek by ‘n dokter wat by ongevalle werk. Hoewel dié dokter aanvanklik gesê het dat hy nie uit ongevalle mag beweeg nie, het hy later tog begin om vir Ferreira mediese hulp te gee. Teen die middag van 16 Oktober het Ferreira al geskree van die pyn en was sy maag só geswel dat dit, volgens Erasmus, op sy knieë gehang het. “Hy het dadelik gesê Gustav is eintlik veronderstel om in die intensiewe sorgeenheid te wees, en was die eerste dokter sedert hy opgeneem is, wat hom iets gegee het teen die pyn,” sê Erasmus. Dié dokter het ook begin rondbel om te kyk of daar nie ‘n hospitaal met geriewe vir pasiënte in ‘n ernstiger toestand was waarheen Ferreira oorgeplaas kon word nie. Na ongeveer twee ure se rondbel, het die dokter teen omstreeks 22:00 die aand gereël dat Ferreira na die Leratong Hopsitaal oorgeplaas word. ‘n Swaer van Ferreira het dié hospitaal die volgende oggend om streeks 08:30 geskakel om te verneem hoe dit met Ferreira gaan. Hy moes toe met ‘n skok hoor dat Ferreira om
07:55 oorlede is. “Volgens die dokter moes Gustav gaan vir ‘n noodoperasie, maar was hy só swak dat hy nie narkose kon kry nie. Die dokter het gesê
‘n maagseer wat gebars het, het tot sy dood gelei. Ons het gevra of dit ‘n verskil sou maak indien hy vroeër by Leratong sou uitkom en die dokter het gesê: “ja, beslis.” “Hy was ‘n goeie ou gewees en het nie verdien om so swak behandel te word nie. Sy lewe het nog nie nodig gehad om te eindig nie. Die meeste van die personeel het geen respek vir hom gehad nie en ek dink dat as hy vroeër beter mediese behandeling gekry het, hy nou nog sou geleef het,” vertel Erasmus. Erasmus het verskeie van die oproepe waartydens hy met Ferreira oor die foon gepraat het, en dié waar hy van die pyn gekreun het, aan die Herald gespeel. Die oproepe is outomaties op sy slimfoon opgeneem. Erasmus beplan om van dié inligting te gebruik om die saak verder te neem en met ‘n moontlike regs- of kriminele aksie teen die hospitaal of die personeel, wat volgens hom vir Ferreira se dood verantwoordelik was, te begin. Hoewel vrae oor die voorval aan Carletonville Hospitaal gestuur is, is geen terugvoer teen druktyd ontvang nie. http://carletonvilleherald.com/3185/geliefde-werknemer-sterf-na-swak-hospitaaldiens/#.Vj4fk5RTQkt.facebook
SOUTH AFRICA HOSPITALS UNEDUCATED UNINTERESTED BLACK STAFF STRIKING WHILE PATIENTS ARE DYING WHITE PATIENTS. DECOMPOSED BODIES LYING AROUND FILTHY RUBBISH EVERYWHERE. FIRE THE LOT AND BRING BACK WHITE NURSES
■ SOUTH AFRICAN HORROR HOSPITALS: THE GHOULISH SAGA CONTINIOUS…
■ ROB CRISIS – Bodies rot, total chaos. Read the extensive report here:
Rob ferreira hospital where dead bodies decay in the passage ALL STAFF should be fired and removed from the HPCSA
ROB CRISIS – Bodies rot, total chaos
MBOMBELA – Rob Ferreira Hospital is on the brink of collapse. This was evident by the stench of a decomposing body in the corridors on the third floor of the hospital. It had reportedly been lying there for four days.
Striking cleaners, porters and nursing personnel are crippling service delivery with their deliberate acts of sabotage.
Mpumalanga News visited the hospital yesterday and what it found there, was absolutely horrendous. Driving through the gates, it looked like a dumping site with heaps of rubbish lying everywhere.
The strikers, most of them members of the National Education Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) were seated in groups outside, chatting, laughing and chanting. Several police officials were deployed to keep an eye on them.
The hospital itself is a health hazard, with food and other rubbish scattered everywhere. Strikers opened taps and flooded various floors. Doctors and injured patients had to tiptoe through the puddles, careful not to slip and fall or step on food.
The newspaper received reports of decomposing bodies in wards throughout the hospital. This journalist went to the third floor and was met by a terrible stench. Thinking it was rotting food at first, she unsuspectingly opened a door next to the lifts and stumbled across a body
The smell was overwhelming and an informed source told the newspaper that it had been lying there for four days already. It was merely covered with a sheet, and flies were hovering everywhere. Puss and blood were dripping from it.
An informed source who works at the hospital, explained that it was the duty of porters to take bodies to the mortuary. “They are now obviously striking, so dead bodies are not being taken to the mortuary as often as they should.”
In addition, only emergency surgeries were being performed at the hospital since there was very little clean linen available. The backlog in elective surgeries, including several orthopaedic cases, is consequently increasing by the day.
It all started on Friday when the strikers closed all entrances and exits to and from the hospital and even prevented ambulances from bringing in patients who required emergency care.
Their demands included uniforms, cleaning aids, computers, medication and compensation for overtime worked, among other things. On Monday, all hell broke loose as they emptied trash cans and set the contents alight.
Again all gates to the hospital were closed and a psychiatrist, Dr Leif Brauteseth, was injured when he attempted to move a log which the strikers had placed in front of the gate. Some of the protesters tried to prevent him from doing so and he lost his balance and fell.
He sustained a big laceration to the head and had to receive seven stitches. He called the protesters ignorant, saying that the blame was to be placed at the door of corrupt suppliers.
“I completely agree with the reasons behind the strike, it’s just a pity that they are too ignorant to know what they are striking about.” Mr Cyril Chuene, an EFF ward representative, received several phone calls from concerned family members of patients at the hospital.
He escorted the family member of a deceased to the ward where the deceased’s dead body had been lying. He consequently went to the CEO of Rob Ferreira, Ms Gladys Coete, demanding answers. “The hospital manager, Mr Mnisi, denied that there was a crisis.
Coete said she wasn’t going to interfere as the strike was of a political nature. She then continued playing games on her cellphone,” Chuene remarked. “Even I know this is not a political matter. It is because of serious mismanagement and maladministration.
We need serious intervention,” Chuene added. ““The department had earlier promised to procure and make the uniforms available before the end of October. However, there was a delay in the procurement processes because the team that was tasked to handle it, was changed as part of supply chain’s staff rotation,” spokesman for the Provincial Department of Health, Mr Dumisani Malamule, said.
He added that when another team took over they discovered some discrepancies in the above processes and it had to start afresh. This again caused a delay. “The department has moved with speed to finalise the processes which are now waiting for final approval.
Once this is done, a service provider will be appointed to work on the uniforms.”
11:26 – November 12, 2014
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO FOOTAGE: Decomposing body at Robs as strike continues
Mpumalanga News went to the hospital after receiving numerous phone calls of concerned people who have family members admitted there. What the newspaper found, is horrific.
The strikers – comprising of cleaners, porters and some nursing staff – have opened taps throughout the hospital, flooding the floors. Rubbish, including rotten food, has been scattered everywhere. Doctors and patients have to tip toe to avoid slipping and falling.
The newspaper was greeted by an unbearable stench on the third floor and found a dead body decomposing in a small room next to the lifts. Flies were hovering above it, with pus and blood oozing onto the floor. A source inside the hospital explained that porters have to take corpses to the mortuary and since they are striking, this obviously isn’t being done.
Several police officials have been deployed at the hospital to keep an eye on the situation as the strike turned violent on Monday afternoon. Strikers barricaded all entrances to the hospital and set rubbish and branches on fire. Dr Leif Brauteseth, a psychiatrist, was injured when he tried to remove a pole in front of the gate.
Strikers tried to prevent him from doing so during which Brauteseth lost his balance and fell.
The strikers demand new uniforms, cleaning material and compensation for overtime worked, amongst others.
EFF ward representative Mr Cyril Chuene was also at the hospital, demanding answers from both the CEO and hospital manager, who both denied that there was a crisis and called the strike “political”.
Follow up the updates which document the escalation of this health crisis here.
http://mpumalanganews.co.za/198507/exclusive-video-footage-decomposing-body-robs-strike-continues/
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