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SHOCKING STORY “MAGGOTS shock for PE hospital patient” (January 4): this is shocking. It’s time the MEC of health starts taking responsibility for what’s happening in our hospitals. The nurses are just plain lazy to do their work.

OBSERVER

NOTHING surprises me anymore. Sadly the state hospitals will get worse. A few weeks back they were saying they hope to open a medical faculty at NMMU. Perish the thought. Doctors to be trained at disgusting hospitals.

LIZ T THE Clint Morris story is disgusting. Every one of those involved should be fired! Let’s hold our breath and see what “action” is taken!

SICKENED READER UNREALISTIC STATEMENT

MARINDA Mills states that service delivery is not hampered, when 400 calls per day are unanswered at the 10111 call centre (“Staff shortages put 10111 centre out of touch for hundreds”, January 4). I want some of the pills she’s popping please.

NIGEL FOX WHERE DID BOTTLES COME FROM? ZERO tolerance on alcohol on the beaches (“Zero tolerance pays off as 300 000 flock to beaches in metro”, January 3)? Then why was the area around and even on Pollok Beach strewn with bottles (some broken) on January 2?

JACQUES CAN’T GET THROUGH TO NMBM

HOW does one get through to the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality these days? No operators to take calls the whole morning on Tuesday. Left details (twice) for a call back. Still waiting.

MEL

ONLY HALF OF FINALE SHOWN SABC3 has once again shown its lack of regard for its viewers. Or maybe some member/s of its staff just wanted to show a finger to those of us who pay their salariesthe latest via Survivorthe TV licences.series was The advertisedfinale of – two was hours televised. long. Just However,not good only enough!the first half

YH EASY TO BLAME WARDENS

PRISON chaos (“Probe into St Albans mayhem ordered”, December 29): they fight among themselves every day. It is so easy to blame wardens, that they started it. Next time you have no staff, get the army to help out!

CADRE CAN’T OWN BOREHOLE WATER PLEASE tell us why, if someone has paid for a borehole, he cannot sell his water? What will be next? He can’t sell the trees on his property?

PUZZLED UNDER South African law, a property owner does not own the water that is drawn from a borehole on his or her property. The water drawn may only be for the property occupier’s own use. – The editor DREARY PLAYING OF ANTHEMS

AS for the dreary playing of the national anthems [at the Port Elizabeth cricket test], it is the pits. Surely the national anthem deserves more respect!

J SOME SAW CAMOUFLAGE IN BATTLE “CAMOUFLAGE a festive fashion favourite”, December 28): Nkosikhulule Xhawulengweni Nyembezi, with regard to the military chirp, you are right when you say you are confused. A great pity you were not there to experience first-hand, my friend. You might have another outlook on life.

MARK, EX-BORDER