A man allegedly killed himself in the parking lot at Netcare Olivedale Hospital in the early morning hours of 5 November.
General manager of the hospital Bets Welman confirmed that a “member of the public” who was not a patient at the hospital, died from an “apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound” in a private vehicle.
Douglasdale police spokesperson Warrant Officer Balan Muthan did not immediately know about the incident but said that more information would follow.
Head of Victim Support at Douglasdale Police Carol Badenhorst invited anybody who has experienced a traumatic incident to receive trauma counselling from the station’s Victim Support Trauma Counsellors.
Detail: Netcare Olivedale Hospital 011 777 2000, Douglasdale police 011 699 1333, Douglasdale Victim Support Unit 24-hour number 078 850 2341.
