Security Systems At Govt Clinics Need To Be Overhauled: Denosa

DENOSA's President Simon Hlungwani has called on government to insource surveillance security to clinics that operate for 24-hours.

This after two nurses were abducted, robbed and raped last week by an armed assailant at the Chuene Clinic outside Polokwane in Limpopo while on duty.

Hlungwani was speaking at the unions three-day Provincial Congress in Benoni, Ekurhuleni.

Delegates from all five regions of the province converged to discuss nursing-specific issues, as well as the safety and security of nurses in healthcare facilities.

Hlungwani says panic buttons are urgently needed.