Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has requested the ombud to urgently probe the matter, department of health spokesperson Popo Maja says.
Shonisani Lethole, the man who died at the Tembisa Hospital in Gauteng after claiming he had been ill-treated and deprived of food for 48 hours, has been laid to rest.
As the local businessman was being laid to rest, national department of health spokesperson Popo Maja said the health ombud was investigating the claims against Tembisa Hospital.He added that once the ombud has completed the investigation and publicly released it, the department will comment further on the issue.Shortly after being admitted, his father, Albert Lethole, said Shonisani had informed them he had been deprived of food and was ill-treated at the hospital.
“The answers I need from the department is why my son did not eat and why was I only showed the results after he died – and why did the nurse tell me about the cause of death without any paper in the hand to show them.The father also claimed his son was not assisted when he needed to use the bathroom.
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