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The woman, Mamello Kate Khabo (49), is facing a charge of fraud relating to medical aid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She briefly appeared in the Bloemfontein Magistrates\u2019 Court on Tuesday, 12 November, following her arrest by the Bloemfontein Hawks\u2019 Serious Corruption Investigation team. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WO Fikiswa Matoti, provincial spokesperson for the Hawks, said Khabo\u2019s arrest followed the findings that she allegedly provided false details when she booked her sick daughter at the Busamed Private Hospital in August 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhile completing the hospital admission documents, she gave the details of her other daughter who is registered as a beneficiary on her Government Employees Medical Scheme (GEMS) medical aid. The actual daughter who she brought to hospital was not registered on the medical aid. The patient was then transferred to Bloemfontein Medi Clinic, where she died after two weeks. 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