TimesLive reports that a male nurse at Helen Joseph Hospital in Johannesburg is in a stable condition after being attacked by two men in the hospital parking lot.

According to Gauteng health spokesperson Motalatale Modiba, the nurse was stabbed on the abdomen on Monday. The assailants are alleged to have approached the nurse who went outside for a break and attempted to rob him of his cellphone before stabbing him. Before this, the two men were allegedly unruly at the hospital’s accident and emergency department. “They violently demanded hospital staff immediately attend to their friend while [the staff were] busy with patients who came first and had more severe injuries. The two men also argued with staff and other [people] who accompanied patients at the accident and emergency department. One of them became violent and slapped a [person] accompanying a patient. Security personnel at the hospital intervened and the culprits fled the scene after their attempt to rob the health worker failed,” Modiba said.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Belinda Pheto at TimesLive

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