Police went an extra mile for my aunt
Their facial expressions were so real, full of humanity, care and concern.
When duty calls, some roll up their sleeves while others duck from their responsibilities.
October is Mental Health Awareness Month and October 10 is World Mental Health Day.
As part of the awareness, I would like to honour two committed public servants, Const Marumoloa and Sgt Nkosi from Kwa-Thema SAPS, for their efforts to ensure support to mental health and commitment to serve the community.
Their support for people with mental illness is not left unseen.
They have answered the call, with warm hearts, assigned to ambulance emergency services personnel who ducked from their responsibility to provide health services to the public but thrown it to the SAPS.
Their facial expressions immediately after I mentioned that my aunt is suffering from mental illness and what they said was disappointing.
However, the two SAPS officers reacted without informing each other (as it was written in their eyes) that, “we need to persuade the elderly to go take her jab”.
Their facial expressions were so real, full of humanity, care and concern.
They’ve shown us love and determination for their badge to provide security and went an extra mile taking the responsibility as public servants to make sure that my aunt’s right to access to healthcare services is respected and protected as enshrined in our South African Constitution.
They went beyond their job description, transporting us to and from the clinic.
Their full support and care for people suffering from mental illness has encouraged me.
They restored hope, as I was about to give up.
To you and other officers who do the same, keep up the good work caring for our beloved people suffering from mental illnesses.
Zandi Jiyane
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