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Mental health patient strangles fellow patient at George Masebe hospital

Health spokesperson Neil Shikwambana said the two patients were admitted to the hospital to be stabilised in line with the 72-hour protocol for treating mental health care patients.

POLOKWANE – The Limpopo Department of Health said an internal investigation has been launched after a mental health patient was strangled to death by a fellow patient.

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Health spokesperson Neil Shikwambana said the incident happened at the mental health care ward of the George Masebe Hospital in the Mogalakwena municipality in the early hours of this morning (May 22).

“The two patients were admitted to the hospital to be stabilised in line with the 72-hour protocol for treating mental health care patients. Police were called to the scene and they are conducting their own investigations,” he said.

Shikwambana added that more details will be shared once available.

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Raeesa Sempe is a Caxton Award-winning Digital Editor with nine years’ experience in the industry. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Media Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand and started her journey as a community journalist for the Polokwane Review in 2015. She then became the online journalist for the Review in 2016 where she excelled in solidifying the Review’s digital footprint through Facebook lives, content creation and marketing campaigns. Raeesa then moved on to become the News Editor of the Bonus Review in 2019 and scooped up the Editorial Employee of the Year award in the same year. She is the current Digital Editor of the Polokwane Review-Observer, a position she takes pride in. Raeesa is married with one child and enjoys spending time with friends, listening to music and baking – when she has the time. “I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon." – Tom Stoppard

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