Paralysed Man Pleads For Police Aid

Karabo Tlhakole PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Karabo Tlhakole PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Wheelchair-bound Karabo Tlhakole, 36, has shared his sad plight with The Monitor on how he walked into Borakanelo Police Station a normal healthy individual only to leave a paralysed man.

The father of three, two boys and a girl, left the police station paralysed from the waist down after a flagpole at Borakanelo fell on him when he entered the offices to seek their services.

In visible pain of the memory, Tlhakole said it was on July 8, 2020 as a visitor to the police station to do an affidavit when a Botswana flagpole at the station fell on his back hitting the bones supporting his spinal cord and leaving him paralysed.

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Routine child vaccination imperative

The recent Vaccination Day in Motokwe, orchestrated through collaborative efforts between UNICEF, USAID, BRCS, and the Ministry of Health, underscores a commendable stride towards fortifying child health services.The painful reality as reflected by the Ministry of Health's data regarding the decline in routine immunisation coverage since the onset of the pandemic, is a cause for concern.It underscores the urgent need to address the...

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