TimesLIVE reports that a gang of men overpowered guards at Durban's St Augustine's Hospital before brazenly robbing staff and making off with televisions, cellphones and a microwave in the early hours of Wednesday morning.  

Hospital manager Heinrich Venter reported that four individuals, some of whom were armed, entered the hospital after holding up security guards, while one remained in a getaway vehicle.  The robbers held up four staff members, who were robbed of their personal belongings.  One of the robbers also entered the room of a patient, but left without taking anything when the patient shouted at him to get out.  The robbers also took two television sets and a microwave from the coffee shop located in the main reception.  A security guard received a blow to head, while a staff member was hit in the face.  They were treated in the emergency department and discharged.  Venter said staff members, security personnel and affected patients would receive trauma counselling.  He added that while security at the hospital was of a "very high standard", it would be "reviewed in consultation with the contracted security services provider to ensure the safest possible environment for all on the premises.

• Read the full original of the above report by Suthentira Govender at TimesLIVE

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