Special Report Transcript Episode 84, Section 8, Time 52:42

We learned from your statement that Bram got ill and progressively ill. // We were not told how badly Bram was being treated while he was ill because we only at that stage were getting information from him and he always tried to underplay what was happening to him, but when we’d had two visits with him some weeks apart and in both he was on crutches and in great pain we realized that he just wasn’t getting treatment. // On the 6th of November Bram fell while trying to shower on his crutches. On the 7th of November he asked to see a doctor who didn’t come. On the 8th of November he again asked to see a doctor, but the medical orderly said it was impossible to get a doctor. On the 9th of November Bram was in great pain, a medical orderly provided some analgesics. On the 12th of November Doctor Brand said there was no fracture, I don’t even think he did an examination, but Bram was still in tremendous pain which continued onto the 13th and the 14th. Finally on the 15th of November, nine days after the fall, Bram again saw Doctor Brand and an X-ray was at last done. The radiographer identified a fracture of the femur. On the 16th of November Bram was seen by a specialist to confirm the fracture and advised hospitalization. On the 19th of November, 13 days after the fall and probable fracture and four days after the fracture was diagnosed Bram was eventually admitted to the HF Verwoerd Hospital.

Notes: Joyce Seroke (HRV Committee Member); TRC testimony: Ruth Rice

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