Heart docs want Shaik monitored
16/04/2007 19:39  - (SA)  

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Durban - Convicted Durban fraudster Schabir Shaik was admitted on Monday to Durban's Inkosi Albert Luthuli Hospital with hypertension and depression.

In a written statement, the KZN department of health said Shaik had been admitted for observation after he was treated at the hospital's outpatient facility.

"This follows a recommendation from cardiologists in Cape Town that were sent by Discovery Health, suggesting that this patient be monitored in an academic institution where he can be closely monitored," said the department.

It did not divulge any further details, saying patients had the right to have their medical details treated with confidentiality.

A KwaZulu-Natal health official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the correctional services department had "requested us to manage their patient who is suffering from hypertension and depression".

Shaik's brother Mo Shaik declined to talk to Sapa saying that he was in a meeting and referred all queries about his brother to the correctional services department.

Correctional services spokesperson Manelisi Wolela did not answer calls nor respond to a message left for him.

- SAPA

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