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Cable theft, kidnapping and necklacing threat: all in a day's work for public health workers in EC and KZN

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About 15 corpses had to be moved from Cecelia Makiwane to another hospital because of cable theft. Photo: Sumaya Hisham/Reuters
About 15 corpses had to be moved from Cecelia Makiwane to another hospital because of cable theft. Photo: Sumaya Hisham/Reuters

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Fifteen corpses at the Cecelia Makiwane Hospital in East London in the Eastern Cape had to be moved to the Mdantsane forensic department for safe storage, because of cable theft.

Provincial health spokesperson Mkhululi Ndamase said a preliminary investigation had shown that the thieves had dug a hole under the fence to enter the hospital.

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