Hospital staff accused of raping patients
By Khanyisa Tabata
24 November 2011
Staff at a psychiatric hospital in Fort Beaufort in the Eastern Cape has been accused of raping and assaulting patients.
Two patients claim they were beaten up by nurses yesterday while another two claim they were raped by nurses working at the hospital.
Spokesman for the Eastern Cape department of health Sizwe Kupelo says they have dispatched a team to Tower Psychiatric Hospital to investigate the serious allegations.
The police have also launched an investigation.
24 November 2011
Staff at a psychiatric hospital in Fort Beaufort in the Eastern Cape has been accused of raping and assaulting patients.
Two patients claim they were beaten up by nurses yesterday while another two claim they were raped by nurses working at the hospital.
Spokesman for the Eastern Cape department of health Sizwe Kupelo says they have dispatched a team to Tower Psychiatric Hospital to investigate the serious allegations.
The police have also launched an investigation.
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