Good Morning All.
NO…it is NOT a good morning.
This Granny is furious.
This is our news headline today.
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Seven patients pay ultimate price
2010-08-19 23:17
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Hospital workers protest outside the Helen Joseph Hospital in Johannesburg, during the second day of a nationwide civil service strike. (Denis Farrell,
Gloria Edwards, Beeld
Johannesburg – At least seven patients, including three babies, died in state hospitals in Gauteng and Mpumalanga, since hundreds of striking hospital workers started paralysing service delivery countrywide on Wednesday.
Some of the babies died because they were left without food for an entire day.
Protesters even dragged a nurse from a theatre during an operation, leaving the orthopaedic surgeon and anaesthesiologist to do what they could on their own.
WTF?????????????????????
What sort of people can DO this sort of thing?
By all means strike if you want to.
Killing people is another story.
They have lost all sympathy from me.
Allowing babies to go hungry?
Do these “people” have no heart?
I am not going to call them animals.
It is an insult to all animals.
I can’t even call them savages.
They have education.
For FUCK sake they are supposed to be NURSES!
God help this beautiful country of ours.
I have no words.
By: cindy on August 20, 2010
at 8:57 am
Morning Cindy…I have too many at the moment…most of which I cannot publish!
By: granny1947 on August 20, 2010
at 9:13 am
Nor me.
(Gran, can I link to your blog?)
By: Adeeyoyo on August 20, 2010
at 9:02 am
Yes Adee…with pleasure.
By: granny1947 on August 20, 2010
at 9:13 am
Thanks so much – done.
By: adeeyoyo on August 20, 2010
at 9:30 am
And well done too!
By: granny1947 on August 20, 2010
at 10:23 am
me neither ………. sad sad day!
By: janice on August 20, 2010
at 9:03 am
Thanks for the visit Janice…yes…very, very sad.
By: granny1947 on August 20, 2010
at 9:12 am
I ranted about this yesterday. I am beyond angry and am carrying my knobkierrie with me to use on anyone who dare try and mess with our school.
By: Madmom on August 20, 2010
at 9:04 am
Hello Madmom…I must come over and look…have been so damn busy….I hate bullies in any form!
By: granny1947 on August 20, 2010
at 9:12 am
As I said on Daaivarks blog – Hippocratic Oath se moer – Hypocrite is more like it!!
By: MissChris on August 20, 2010
at 9:13 am
Good Morning Chris…I must go over and read his post…thank you.
By: granny1947 on August 20, 2010
at 9:14 am
[...] Please read this too. [...]
By: Strikers « Adeeyoyo's Blog on August 20, 2010
at 9:17 am
We are all feeling anger and outrage at the uncaring attitude apparent in our strikers, who are supposed to be the care and eductaion providers on which our country relys. Good post granny. Hugs xx
By: anotherdayinparadise on August 20, 2010
at 11:51 am
Hello AD….lesson one…never post when there is smoke coming out of your ears….I am still so upset at the mindset…or is it the mindlessset?
By: granny1947 on August 20, 2010
at 2:31 pm
Oh my gosh, is this for real? Babies were left to DIE? I don’t know what to say. Will these people be held responsible? Unreal.
By: Blogbrarian on August 20, 2010
at 2:18 pm
Hello Amy..yes it is true…and no…I don’t think anyone will be made to pay….I am SO angry.
By: granny1947 on August 20, 2010
at 2:30 pm
There was no accountability in previous strikes, and I doubt there will be anyone held accountable now.
By: halfp1nt on August 20, 2010
at 5:39 pm
I’m beyond tired of the violence shown towards non-strikers and the intimidation of the school children, but denying ill people medical treatment and the deaths so far has left me speechless
By: halfp1nt on August 20, 2010
at 5:38 pm
Hello HP…So…I take it you survived…bad girl…have been waiting to hear from you ALL day.
By: granny1947 on August 20, 2010
at 6:40 pm
Unbelievable — I’m unable to comment.
By: klrs09 on August 20, 2010
at 6:31 pm
Thinking South Africans feel so damn helpless Klrs!!!
By: granny1947 on August 20, 2010
at 6:41 pm
Horrible story. Groups of people seem to be able to egg each other on to things they would never do individually. Maybe there’s a little devil in all of us and when we get in a mob, there’s a big devil. I actually don’t believe in devils. With what people are capable of, who needs one?
Bud
By: oldereyes on August 23, 2010
at 5:43 am
Morning Bud…mob violence is terrifying…all common sense goes out the door.
By: granny1947 on August 23, 2010
at 7:57 am