Severely injured man discharged from hospital
“We were notified of his incident around 09:00 and Andre was discharged by 12:00 on the same day.”
A MOTHER pleads for the life of her homeless son after he was brutally attacked and left for dead in Rosettenville over the past weekend.
André le Pere (45) was left for dead after six men stabbed and wounded him during an alleged robbery on Prairie Street on Sunday.
André said he remembers being surrounded by policemen after the attack and before he was at the South Rand Hospital around 9am.
The 45-year-old said he was on his way to a friend’s house when the six men approached him.
His mother, Vera Le Pere, said what happened at the hospital was shocking.
“We were notified of the incident around 9am and André was discharged by 12 noon on the same day.”
Vera arrived to find her son on a drip at the hospital. She said André was severely swollen and bleeding.
“After a short while, we [family] were told he was discharged as he was not deemed a serious enough case, according to one of the nurses.”
Vera said she was shocked but the nurse allegedly told her that André could go home after his stab wounds were stitched. André was stitched and was later discharged.
She, alongside other family members, had to carry André into the Moffat View old age home where she lives.
Vera said the Moffat View home prohibited any children from sleeping on the premises but she had no other choice.
André was hurled up the two story flight of stairs where his mother lives.
She said she could not understand why no X-rays were not done as her son’s injuries were serious and she suspected he may have broken ribs and a broken arm.
The 45-year-old said he was in excruciating pain since the day he was attacked. He said no pain killers were helping with the pain.
André’s uncle, Keith Le Pere, said it was irresponsible for the hospital to discharge André without making sure he was in a fit condition to leave the hospital.
He said it was the hospital’s responsibility to ensure André was in a fit condition before they discharged him and washed their hands off him.
The desperate family, trying to get help for André, told the COURIER that they were sending André back to the hospital as a bruise on his hip was concerning because of its colour.
Keith too suspected André could have broken ribs and a broken arm.
The family took André back to the hospital on Wednesday only to find out he did have a broken arm which was not picked up on his first visit. They said x-rays would be taken to determine the severity of his injuries.
Another uncle, William ‘Willy’ Jacobs said hospitals needed to be held accountable.
He said it was unacceptable that a hospital could discharge an unfit man without nursing and identify the severity of his injuries.
Jacobs said he wanted the hospital to be accountable to every patient and not just his nephew.
South Rand Hospital was contacted for confirmation and the COURIER is awaiting their response.
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