In light of recent social media allegations, Gauteng Health defends an Ethiopian nurse's employment status, shedding light on the importance of factual information in public discourse.
The Gauteng Department of Health has confirmed that an Ethiopian man whose video was posted on social media is legally employed at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital. Photo: Screenshot, amid allegations circulated on social media claiming he is working in South Africa illegally.
In this clip, the nurse is seen being questioned about his employment and nationality as he enters the hospital. The insinuations made in the video suggested that he was part of a fraudulent system exploiting South African resources, leading to public outrage and calls for oversight. “The department strongly cautions against this new form of intimidation which masks itself under the guise of ‘so-called oversight’ where staff are targeted,” he said.
“Not only are the rights of employees to discharge their duties in an environment free of threats and intimidation infringed upon, often the rights of patients to privacy and dignity are grossly violated,” he added. DENOSA finds this incident extremely dangerous as it instigates violence and is a full-blown act of xenophobia, which leaves the very same nurse, who is fully qualified as a Registered Nurse, registered with the country’s nursing regulatory body, SANC, and renders quality patient care to the patients at the unit," said DENOSA.
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