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News24 reports that a sick man and his wife who arrived at Port Elizabeth's Livingstone Hospital casualty division in the early hours of Thursday morning were received by a man drinking a quart of beer.
He appeared to be intoxicated. The wife had rushed her husband to hospital after he collapsed at their home. She related: "This man with the beer was the first point of contact at casualty where patients are admitted. He was behind the service counter, but incapable of doing anything. He was still drinking his beer right there. There I was, with my husband unconscious in a wheelchair, and standing between me and the doctors is a man who can't even open a file." Moments later, a doctor arrived, seemingly to complain about a previous patient's file. The doctor assisted her husband while a nurse took over the paperwork. Lwandile Sicwetsha, Eastern Cape health department spokesperson, told Netwerk24 that the department was aware of the incident and was conducting an internal investigation. On Monday, he could not provide information regarding the man's position at the hospital.
- Read the full original of Cara-Lee Dorfling’s report on this story at News24
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