Not much help for accident victim at two hospitals
Ruhan has allegedly been sitting in hospital with a broken shoulder and a collapsed pair of lungs that have not been attended to since August 7
AFTER a motorbike accident on Friday, August 7 in Wynberg, Ruhan Kruger (24) from Birchleigh North had still not received sufficient medical care from Natalspruit Hospital.
This is according to his mother Ronelle Kruger.
Ruhan suffered a broken shoulder and the top part of his lungs collapsed, she said he had also suffered broken ribs and his entire chest was bruised.
His ordeal to get medical care began at Edenvale hospital.
“Immediately after the accident at around 1.10pm, my son was taken to Edenvale Hospital. By 6.30pm he was still there and had not been attended to. I paid R1 500 to have an ambulance take him to Natalspruit Hospital the same evening,” she explained.
Ronelle said 10 days later her son had still not undergone any surgery and nurses had not given him a bath or cleaned his wounds.
“I have been washing my son myself. Fat is seeping from a wound on his elbow. I don’t think they clean his wounds,” Ronelle stated.
“They said they couldn’t operate because of his lungs. After seven days they said everything was clear and they would transfer him to the orthopaedic ward,” she said.
This apparently did not happen yet as the hospital said there were not enough beds in the orthopaedic ward and Ruhan was kept in the surgical ward.
Ruhan was finally awaiting surgery in the surgical ward.
This allegedly only happened because his mother laid a complaint against the hospital.
“They didn’t even want us to see the results of his tests. I don’t know what to believe and I don’t know how serious his injuries are.”
EXPRESS spoke to Ronelle again on Tuesday, August 18, 11 days since he had been admitted. She said she was looking for another hospital or doctor that could help her son.
“He has still not undergone surgery. The hospital says there is a waiting list of 20 people and they only operate once a week, so my son will have to wait 21 weeks before being operated. I really don’t know what to do any more,” she said.
Ruhan is said to be on morphine to assist with the pain from the broken shoulder.
