Doctor shot during burglary at Free State hospital
A doctor was shot when burglars targeted a Free State hospital.The provincial health department said the incident will be investigated.The 26-year-old doctor was shot at Mofumahali Manapo Mopeli Regional Hospital in QwaQwa on Tuesday at about 20:00.
"In an unexpected violent burglary incident at the secured doctors' quarters at the hospital precinct by unknown assailants, a doctor fell victim of this near-fatal shooting. The doctor was rushed into theatre and the good news is that none of his vital organs were affected and he is now recovering at the ICU," she said.
"All life is precious and violent crime is a negative indicator to our development as a country. We condemn this shooting incident and many other incidents of violent crime in any part of our society," she said.The latest shooting comes only weeks after a security guard was shot dead during a robbery at an Eastern Cape clinic.
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