Missing patient found dead in hospital

A 60-year-old man, missing for five days, was found dead in a doctor's waiting room at a hospital. From Daily Dispatch Online:

It is alleged the man was seen by a nurse and a doctor on December 24, and five days later his decomposing body was found locked inside the room.

Health spokesperson Sizwe Kupelo said that bread and the keys of the room were found inside the room with him.

"We condemn such misconduct and hospital managers who don't want to manage will have shape up or ship out," Kupelo said.

The man's family came looking for him but were using a different name to that which was used when he was admitted to the hospital, he said.

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