Tembisa hospital staff break silence on Shonisani Lethole 'starving tweet' controversy

The hospital said it was “shocked and saddened” that Shonisani Lethole tweeted that he was denied the Nando's takeaway brought to him by a family member.

The day of his tweet to the minister was the same day he was given his results confirming he was Covid-19 positive. Asked why he was denied the food brought to him, the staffer said it was hospital policy that food from outside was not allowed because "we want to be accountable for what our patients eat. Food from outside we don't know how it was prepared and also what could be inside of that food and how it will react to the patient".

“But right now, it is actually painful for us, even in our African culture we have great respect for the dead and we do not want to denigrate their memories or spirit, but right now we are shocked because we did everything we could that we were supposed to do to take care of him,” said the staffer. “This actually denigrates our name. You will be surprised, we have six sisters in that ward for 16 patients. You will see our records; he was given food he ate and did not vomit,” he said.

Asked if Lethole had spoken to his family about him being starved, Seminya said he was not aware of such a communication.

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