UPDATE: Badly injured Rosebank College student succumbs to injuries
He was reported missing at the beginning of November by his family only to find out he has been at Steve Biko Hospital.
The family of a 23-year-old student who was recovering in Steve Biko’s intensive care unit (ICU) are finding it hard to accept that he is no more.
A final year financial marketing student at Rosebank College Mzuvukile Qaqoba passed away on Friday.
He was reported missing at the beginning of November by his family only to find out he has been at Steve Biko Hospital.
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He has been in the hospital’s ICU since 5 November with head injuries and a broken shoulder blade.
His mother Noxolo Qaqoba previously told Rekord that according to hospital records he was admitted as an unknown patient after he was discovered by paramedics on the side of a road in Arcadia.
“I am not exactly sure where in Arcadia but it looks like he was badly beaten or thrown out of a flat, he sustained head injuries which resulted in internal bleeding,” she said.
He was originally from Zwelitsha in Eastern Cape but resided in Arcadia.
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His uncle Mzwandile Manto said it was a difficult time for the family.
“We were hopeful that he would make it. We kept going to the ward checking up on him while hoping for the best. Although it was not promising we were hopeful and we never saw this coming,” he said.
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