Tembisa hospital CEO Lekopane Mogaladi said on Friday that claims that Shonisani Lethole did not receive food for 48 hours before his death were untrue.
On June 25, Lethole, who was a patient at the hospital, turned to Twitter, tagging health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize, as he complained about not being fed for two days. Lethole died on Monday, just four days after his tweet.
mkhize can I respond to your tweets if the problems I have at one of your facilities continues its becoming unbearable and the don't seem to care. Didn't eat for 48 hours.“The narrative is incorrect. There is nothing like not being fed. He was actually being fed. I cannot share much detail at the moment,” said Mogaladi, adding that the hospital had ““Food was always being served, patients were always given food.
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