A South African nurse has appeared in court on charges of attempted murder after allegedly injecting her four-year-old stepson with HIV-contaminated blood, police said yesterday. The 32-year-old woman, who works as a nurse at the Matikwane Hospital in Bushbuckridge about 350km northeast of Johannesburg, was arrested on Saturday in the first reported case of its kind in the country. âShe has been released on bail of 1500 rand ($206) and her case has been postponed to February 24,â said Captain Moatshe Ngoepe, a police spokesman from the northern Limpopo province, where the alleged incident occurred. âItâs the first case of its kind as far as we as police here are aware,â Captain Ngoepe said, adding police would not give names to protect the identity of the boy.
The alleged incident is reported to have taken place in the middle of last year, when the boyâs father noticed that his new wife was giving the boy an injection. âThe father sent the boy back to his biological mother. The boy later told his mother, also a nurse, that he had been given an injection. According to our reports, his mother immediately rushed him to the doctor and blood tests were done, which showed that he was HIV-positive,â said Ngoepe.
Iâm never going to a nurse or doctor again, after reading this and seeing Howard Deanâs crazy Ric Flair schreeching this morning, I think it may be best to stay away. BTW what in the hell are they doing letting this bitch out on bail??
| I do hope that before they let he go they gave her a shot, to... uhhh... calm her down. |
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