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Sunday World reports that the North West Department of Health has deployed armed security guards to Bapong Health Clinic after a security guard was assaulted by a group of people.
Five men who allegedly looked intoxicated entered the clinic at 2am on Sunday and began demanding that their patient be assisted first. The group allegedly became impatient and began assaulting a security guard. Residents urged the department to protect health workers and security guards after video footage of the incident went viral on social media. Provincial health MEC, Sello Lehari, visited the clinic and reported: “We can confirm at this stage that none of our healthcare professionals were ever assaulted. Only security officials were assaulted. As part of remedying the situation, armed guards have officially been deployed to the facility. We have also increased security postings to ensure the facility is safe. A study has been done to do the same at other health facilities.” He called for calm and said the assaulted security guard would immediately receive psychosocial support.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Boitumelo Tshehle at Sunday World
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