Eerste River mom Jade Bougaardt remain
trust less on Western Cape government hospitals. This happened after approaching
numerous hospitals in the Western Cape seeking help for her autistic son Jarred
Bougaardt and has become frustrated with the services.
According to Cape Argus
report, Jarred is currently suffering from Septo-optic known as syndrome featuring underdevelopment of
the optic nerve,
pituitary gland dysfunction, and absence of the septum pellucidum. She also
claims that the boy is unable to verbally express his pain, and that is why she
expected doctors to attend the matter.
However, she was let down after being
turned away from Tygerberg hospital, Red Cross hospital, False Bay hospital and
Groote Schuur hospital. With no choice she had to go to the emergency unit and been
accompany with six adults because of her son’s situation was not on good
condition at that time.
Deputy Director of communications, Mark van der Heever on
behalf of Western Cape government health claimed that the matter was not seen
to be in a real life-threatening condition in comparison to the other patients
in the emergency unit. Grandmother to Jarred added that they are striving financially
to meet necessities of her grandson’s medical condition.
Edited by: Mandlenkosi Mde
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