{"id":48461,"date":"2019-09-05T13:12:56","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T11:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/komani-karoo\/geneesheer-sterf-in-ongeluk-20190904\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T17:22:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T15:22:11","slug":"geneesheer-sterf-in-ongeluk-20190904","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/komani-karoo\/geneesheer-sterf-in-ongeluk-20190904\/","title":{"rendered":"Geneesheer sterf in ongeluk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>DIE gemeenskap van Middelburg is geruk deur die skielike dood van \u2019n geliefde gemeenskapsdokter wat een van die eerste studente was wat sy mediese opleiding in Kuba ontvang het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Nikkie Padda (36) is Maandag omstreeks 19:00 in \u2019n motorongeluk dood op die N10 tussen Middelburg en Cradock. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"left\" id=\"b93a4d21\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/9320\/b4116420eb31476197d39c68396b8c71.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/9320\/32f70968a3d64302ad054ae348f77310.jpg\" title=\"Wyle Dr. Nikkie Padda.    Foto:VERSKAF\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Wyle Dr. Nikkie Padda.    Foto:VERSKAF<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Die oorsaak van die ongeluk kon nie met sekerheid vasgestel word nie, maar merke op die pad toon dat Padda beheer oor die voertuig verloor het, waarna dit die pad verlaat en gerol het. Twee insittendes, wat aan Padda bekend was, het n\u00e1 die ongeluk probeer om sy veiligheidsgordel los te maak en hom uit die wrak te haal, maar kon nie die deur oopkry nie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die motor het aan die brand geslaan en Padda het in die voertuig doodgebrand. Nooddienste het die twee passassiers na die Cradock-hospitaal vervoer, waar die een man later aan sy beserings beswyk het. Die oorlewende is Woensdagoggend na \u2019n hospitaal in Port Elizabeth oorgeplaas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Padda was \u2019n boorling van Middelburg en sedert September 2015 \u2019n staatsdokter by die Wilhelm Stahl-hospitaal op die dorp. Hy het op Cradock gewoon en het daagliks na Middelburg gery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNikkie was \u2019n <span>darling<\/span> van \u2019n man,\u201d het sy broer Ringle Padda aan die <span>Mid-Karoo Express <\/span>ges\u00ea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHy het \u2019n wonderlike aanslag met \u00e1l sy pasi\u00ebnte gehad, maar hy het \u2019n baie sagte plekkie vir kinders gehad. Hy wou graag eendag \u2019n privaatpraktyk in Middelburg begin om sy tuisdorp se gemeenskap te dien. Ons, as hegte familie, het reeds planne beraam om hom te help om hierdie droom te verwesenlik. 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