Sam Nape writes:

Our local Department of Health clinics has left the attention of sick people to the mercy of private security personnel.

They will keep us in queues until some decide to leave whilst still outside due to times spent there up to three hours waiting to be called in.

The nursing staff or health attendants know us more than the security personnel who don’t take any nonsense other than saying stand outside until we call you in. In the guise of keeping social distance inside whilst we stand close to each other outside for being sick and shading from the hot sun like sheep.

The nursing sisters who know us being served at that clinic for periods of more than 10 years, will check the aged, the critical acute frail patients and those collecting medication in less than five minutes and attend to them first.

I went to collect medication costing R15, at the nearest pharmacy with a doctor’s prescription but had to wait from 10: 00 to 12:00. Pushing myself in it took the known nursing sister 20 seconds to give me my usual tablets and I was out but got sick for being furious. I left a colleague who came twice from 9:00 and left without getting his tablets at 12.30. Should a nursing sister been there, he could have been recognized especially when I requested him to help the clinic with broken filing shelves gratis as a carpentry businessman and he will jump to do such community work.

I won’t blame the security there as they use their powers not to be challenged by anyone. We go there jumping but get sick whilst there standing in the hot sun for three hours.

The security at a major supermarket saw me limping to the door at 75 years. They showed me the long queue. Luckily the Branch Manager came out and asked the security if he knew the difference between a disabled and senior citizen. This meant nothing to this security.

I was ushered in just to buy castor oil at R15 and out in five minutes when the long queue had trolleys to be filled up to R4 000 groceries. I feel sorry for those who will not be lucky to be spotted by the senior personnel.

We were getting our local WITBANK NEWS at a major supermarket. The security swallowed his ugly words to see me getting in and out in five minutes with my popular WITBANK NEWS copy.

Coming to buy a virus mask, you are stopped at the door, if you do not have one on, go back home.  I came to buy one otherwise the security man would stop me if I do not have one before leaving the shop!

Will someone please make life easy and enjoyable for us to shop around these supermarkets?

Covid-19 is targeting the aged by using security personnel.