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title: "Heart attack patient forced to argue for treatment, left in the cold by belligerent Steve Biko staff"
description: "How not to treat a patient — Part four in our series on Gauteng’s healthcare crisis and the lives put at severe risk by indifferent service."
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publisher: "Daily Maverick"
site: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za"
section: "GROUNDUP VIDEO"
author: "Adel Van Niekerk"
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canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-04-26-heart-attack-patient-forced-to-argue-for-treatment-left-in-the-cold-by-belligerent-steve-biko-staff/"
published: "2022-04-26T12:44:58"
lang: "en-ZA"
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# Heart attack patient forced to argue for treatment, left in the cold by belligerent Steve Biko staff

> How not to treat a patient — Part four in our series on Gauteng’s healthcare crisis and the lives put at severe risk by indifferent service.

By Adel Van Niekerk · Published 26 April 2022, 14:44 SAST

## Content

[YouTube video: "YouTube video player"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQwHpIpctys)

Former nurse Johan van Zyl describes his horrific experience in [Steve Biko Academic Hospital](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-03-14-sick-state-of-affairs-at-gauteng-hospitals-overflowing-with-human-waste/) in Pretoria.

*First published by*[*GroundUp*](https://www.groundup.org.za/article/video-how-not-to-treat-patient/)*.*

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