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Monkeys running wild at hospital
May 28 2012 at 10:26am
By Tanya Waterworth and Bongeka Gumede
INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS
Monkeys feed themselves at one of the waste bins. Picture: Phill Magakoe
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Monkeys who steal patients? food and medicine from Wentworth Hospital in KZN may be in grave danger of contracting disease, especially tuberculosis.
Monkey Helpline?s Steve Smit said staff had seen media reports this week that detailed the ?hairy smash-and-grab gang? at the hospital, where a patient reportedly said monkeys knew the times food was served in the hospital and timed their attacks accordingly.
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?The monkeys are a threat after eating leftovers from sick people. In the TB ward, there are big, open windows and we have been told by former patients that the monkeys are fed by patients in their beds.
?It is very dangerous for the monkeys as it puts them at high risk of contracting all sorts of sickness from leftover food. Even a cold sore can give a monkey the herpes virus and it will die,? said Smit.
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http://www.iol.co.za/scitech/science/news/monkeys-running-wild-at-hospital-1.1305895
May 28 2012 at 10:26am
By Tanya Waterworth and Bongeka Gumede
INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS
Monkeys feed themselves at one of the waste bins. Picture: Phill Magakoe
Related Stories
Monkey meat could lead to pandemic
Monkeys who steal patients? food and medicine from Wentworth Hospital in KZN may be in grave danger of contracting disease, especially tuberculosis.
Monkey Helpline?s Steve Smit said staff had seen media reports this week that detailed the ?hairy smash-and-grab gang? at the hospital, where a patient reportedly said monkeys knew the times food was served in the hospital and timed their attacks accordingly.
...
?The monkeys are a threat after eating leftovers from sick people. In the TB ward, there are big, open windows and we have been told by former patients that the monkeys are fed by patients in their beds.
?It is very dangerous for the monkeys as it puts them at high risk of contracting all sorts of sickness from leftover food. Even a cold sore can give a monkey the herpes virus and it will die,? said Smit.
...
http://www.iol.co.za/scitech/science/news/monkeys-running-wild-at-hospital-1.1305895