Chairperson, I give notice that I shall move at the next sitting of the Council:
That the Council -
1) notes the shocking and barbaric incident at Pelonomi Hospital, the largest hospital in the central region in Mangaung, Free State province, where a 35-year-old female specialist doctor was assaulted and raped on Saturday whilst doing her rounds in the neonatal section of the hospital;
2) further notes that three men hit the female doctor in the face with a brick and raped her in the hospital and she has had to undergo surgery for facial and head injuries;
3) recognises that doctors and staff have long complained about the poor and nonexistent security at the hospitals and the result of the assault and rape is that doctors and personnel are now frightened to work at night; and
4) acknowledges that drastic steps need to be taken to improve the security situation at hospitals.
I so move. Thank you.