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Sowetan reports that the Democratic Nursing Organisation of SA (Denosa) has rejected a proposal by Gauteng health MEC Bandile Masuku to have Ekurhuleni metro police officers patrol Phola Park Clinic in Thokoza.
On Tuesday, Masuku met with the Ekurhuleni health district and the clinic’s management following a serious security breach. The incident resulted in Denosa withdrawing its members from working night shift at the clinic. Masuku then announced that the Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) would patrol the facility at night to ensure patient and staff safety. But the union did not buy that, with Denosa Ekurhuleni secretary Lebo Khumalo saying: “These incidents are happening all the time. EMPD would say they will come but at night they will say they are not baby-sitters. They are saying they are going to patrol but there is a chance they will patrol at 10pm and at 4am in the morning. What happens if there is an incident at midnight?” On Sunday night, three men entered the clinic carrying knives and searched for a man who had been stabbed in an apparent attempt to finish him off. They went from ward to ward, damaging property in the process. Khumalo said the union would feel safe when there was increased security personnel at the clinic and a security system screening people before they could access the facility.
- Read more of Penwell Dlamini’s Sowetan report on the above story at SA Labour News
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