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SowetanLive reports that the Soweto Independent Practitioners Association says armed criminals are targeting private doctors and it has called for police to do more to protect general practitioners.
The association has recorded 10 armed robbery cases at Soweto surgeries in the past five months. Spokesperson Brenda Sibeko said they engaged with senior Gauteng police officials after Dr George Koboka was killed at his consulting rooms in March, but no tangible measures have been implemented. Patients are also affected by crimes targeting private doctors. In June, three patients were injured when robbers, pretending to be patients, walked into a surgery in Protea Glen and demanded cellphones and money from everyone inside the practice. Several doctors have improved security features at their facilities, but the association said there was no direct line to the police patrolling affected areas. Dr Vusumuzi Nhlapo, who was shot in front of his patients in Jabulani, remarked: “The only thing I am relying on is the security features I have added, but I don’t feel safe while working in my own space.” Nhlapo added private doctors could not permanently close their practices because they cared about the communities they served. A suspect arrested in the Koboka murder case will appear in the Orlando Magistrate’s Court on 8 September.
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