6 Injured South African Survivors Discharged From Hospital

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September 25, 2014 1:19 PM

Twenty-five injured survivors arrived in South Africa on Monday and were taken to the hospital for treatment

Reports have it that 6 South Africans who were injured in the September 12 collapse of the guest house at synagogue church have been discharged from the Steve Biko Academic Hospital and have been cleared of any dangerous infections.

the hospital’s deputy CEO Mathabo Mathebula told newsmen on the telephone.

Twenty-five injured survivors arrived in South Africa on Monday and were taken to the hospital for treatment.

No fewer than 84 South Africans were killed and dozens injured from the collapse.

South African online news platform The Citizens reports that, at the time, Deputy Social Development Minister Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu told newsmen in Pretoria that the 25 patients were under a 48-hour lockdown to check for airborne diseases.

she said.

At the time the relieved families of the injured were allowed around five minutes to engage with them when they arrived.

Mathebula told Sapa it was not a “lockdown” but an observation.

she said.

She said of the 25 that were admitted to hospital, two remained in a critical condition, while a few others were seriously injured.

All the injured survivors also received trauma counselling at hospital, said Mathebula.

The SABC, meanwhile, reported that another 38 South African survivors had returned to the country on Wednesday morning.

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