TWO days after the government terminated its contract with the Queen ’Mamohato Memorial Hospital (Tšepong), the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) stormed the health facility and seized some documents.
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March 20, 2021
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DCEO seizes Tšepong Hospital documents
The Minister Health Semano Sekatle
The Minister of Health Semano Sekatle said the agreement between Tšepong and the government had been clouded by conflicts and misunderstandings since its inception.
The next step of action, he said will be to reinstate the striking Tšepong nurses who were earlier this week sacked for demanding salary increase.
According to the DCEO’s Public Relations Officer ’Matlhokomelo Senoko, the graft body invaded the hospital after receiving sensitive information about the institution which can however not be disclosed at this point.
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For her part, the hospital's spokesperson, Mothepane Thahane, said armed police officers and DCEO personnel stormed the institution and confiscated documents that included among others financial records and the staff payroll.
She said it is still not clear what the officers wanted to do with the seized documents.
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