South Africans who knew orthopaedic surgeon Graham Dickason and his wife, Lauren, a doctor in the same field of medicine, are reeling at the deaths of the couple's three daughters in New Zealand.
The family had left Pretoria at the end of August to work at a hospital in New Zealand. They had been in the town of Timaru for about a week after first being quarantined elsewhere under Covid-19 regulations.“I cannot comprehend what happened - she is a medical doctor and she wasn’t arrogant or anything like that. She was very humble‚” said former colleague and neighbour‚ Natasja le Roux.
“Something just doesn’t add up. I don’t know if it’s the stress from New Zealand‚ moving there‚ being quarantined for so long and everything - just not coping with that going on. So I think whatever happened is not normal‚ it wasn’t normal circumstances‚” the neighbour said. Stuff quoted Lauren's parents‚ Wendy and Malcolm Fawkes‚ as saying they were “devastated” at the tragic event.
“The extended families are in a state of shock as we try to understand what happened. We ask for your prayers and support during this very difficult time. We would also request privacy as we battle to come to terms with what has happened‚” they said. In SA‚ department of international relations and co-operation spokesperson Lunga Ngqengelele told TimesLIVE the department has been made aware of the incident.TimesLIVE
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