A patient at Bhisho Hospital allegedly stabbed a nurse who refused to give him a cigarette.
A patient who suffers from psychosis used a knife to stab a nurse at Bhisho hospital because he refused to share a cigarette with him.
The Okapi knife used to wound the employee was allegedly stolen from a security guard's lunch bag, which had been left unattended in the hospital.
The shocking details are contained in a report, which News24 has seen, compiled by the hospital CEO Phumla Mnyanda.
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