{"id":45845,"date":"2024-08-19T06:00:13","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T04:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/twee-dokters-nie-vervolg-20240814-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T17:14:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T15:14:42","slug":"twee-dokters-nie-vervolg-20240814-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/twee-dokters-nie-vervolg-20240814-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Twee dokters ni\u00e9 vervolg"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Geen verdere stappe word oorweeg teen die dokters by die hospitaal in Porterville, wat volgens beweringe hul plig versuim het tydens die dood van \u2019n geliefde plaasbestuurder n\u00e1 \u2019n plaasaanval in die omgewing nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2019n Herrie het om twee dokters se koppe losgebars nadat vriende vroegoggend op Maandag 1 Julie \u2019n erg beseerde Gerhard Nel (65), bestuurder op die Tevrede-plaas, by die hospitaal aangebring het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nel het omstreeks 02:00 gapende meswonde opgedoen in die aanval waarin vyf rowers hom herhaaldelik gesteek het. Hy het twee meswonde in die nek, drie in die rug en een in die bors opgedoen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die rowers het \u2019n gat onderdeur die elektriese heining gegrawe om toegang tot die perseel te kry en \u2019n ruit uitgehaal om by die huis in te kom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nel en sy vrou, Barbara (63), is in hul slaapkamer oorval, waarna Barbara vasgebind en Gerhard gesteek is. Hulle is hierna toegesluit voordat die rowers met vier vuurwapens en selfone gevlug het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nadat Gerhard Barbara help loskom het, het sy die kamervenster gebreek en ontsnap. Sy moes nog \u2019n venster breek om by die voertuigsleutels in die huis uit te kom sodat sy kon gaan hulp kry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-geen-pligsversuim\">\u2018geen pligsversuim\u2019<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Hugo Lambrechts van die Halfmanshof-boerdery tussen Porterville en Saron het met die bebloede Gerhard na die hospitaal gejaag. Nel het die plaas namens die Lambrechts bestuur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lambrechts het agterna aan <i>Weslander<\/i> sy ontsteltenis uitgespreek omdat die dokter op bystand nie opgespoor kon word nie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2019n Familievriend kon dit ook nie regkry om \u2019n ander dokter, wat nie aan diens was nie, so ver te kry om te kom help nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Volgens Leensie L\u00f6tter, \u2019n woordvoerder vir die Wes-Kaapse departement van gesondheid, het die verpleegpersoneel aan diens Gerhard onmiddellik gehelp terwyl hulle die dokter op bystand probeer opspoor het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sy het ges\u00ea weens beperkte personeel mag die dokter op bystand die perseel verlaat mits hulle bereikbaar is en vir noodgevalle binne 15 minute by die hospitaal kan wees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDie interne ondersoek na die voorval het daarop gewys dat die kliniese optrede van die mediese personeel wat Nel behandel het, korrek was, maar dat sy beserings baie ernstig was en hy reeds baie bloed verloor het.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Volgens L\u00f6tter was die gemeenskapsdiensdokter op bystand nie telefonies beskikbaar nie, want \u201csy was tuis om te rus \u2013 soos toegelaat deur die departement se interne beleid \u2013 nadat sy \u2019n baie besige skof op roep gehad het, en die hele dag en aand by die hospitaal was, sonder enige ruskans of pouse\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>L\u00f6tter het ges\u00ea die hospitaal het nie verblyfplek waar personeel op bystand op die perseel kan bly nie. Die ondersoek het dus bevind dat die feit dat sy nie bereikbaar was nie, daarom nie pligsversuim was nie. \u201cTugoptrede teen die betrokke dokter is dus volgens die departement nie geregverdig nie.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-tydperk-op-bystand-aangepas\">tydperk op bystand aangepas<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>L\u00f6tter het verder ges\u00ea die interne ondersoek het bevestig dat die gebeure \u2019n resultaat is van \u2019n gesondheidstelsel wat onder druk is weens beperkte mediese personeel wat genoop word om langer skofte te werk met minder ondersteuning. \u201cDie geweldige druk en uiters lang skofte lei ook tot uitbranding en uitputting van junior dokters.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sy het benadruk die hospitaalbestuur het wel die tydperk waartydens dokters op bystand is, aangepas sover personeelkapasiteit dit toelaat, sodat uitputting as gevolg van lang, besige skofte minder is en dokters voldoende tussen skofte kan rus wanneer hulle op bystand is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die dokter wat met verlof was en na bewering versuim het om te gaan help, is volgens L\u00f6tter die oggend gekontak nadat die pasi\u00ebnt reeds gesterf het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSy het dus nie buite haar pligte en verantwoordelikhede opgetree nie en haar optrede regverdig dus nie \u2019n tugoptrede nie.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kapt. 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