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Daily Maverick reports that the Eastern Cape health department and the police were hunting for one of the province’s ambulances on Tuesday after the vehicle was hijacked near Qumbu.
The crew and their patient, an eight-year-old who was being taken to Nelson Mandela Bay Hospital in Mthatha, were left at the side of the road in Mbizana. The ambulance was hijacked at gunpoint and the crew and young patient were forced out and left stranded until another ambulance picked them up. Department spokesperson Mkhululi Ndamase confirmed the incident, saying the vehicle and equipment alone were worth R1-million. Eastern Cape health MEC Ntandokazi Capa condemned the targeting of healthcare workers and staff, saying this compromised service delivery. “We are relieved that the employees and patient escaped with no physical injuries,” Capa added. This was the fourth vehicle from the health department to be hijacked in the Alfred Nzo District, which borders KwaZulu-Natal.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Estelle Ellis at Daily Maverick
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