Sexual assault cases go cold as medical reports pile up unread

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Sibongile Tito posted a picture of a stack of forms with medical evidence of injuries sustained by patients who had opened cases of sexual and physical assault with the police.

The J88 forms are part of police dockets and are completed by medical doctors, who list injuries sustained by victims of assault.

Tito did not identify which hospital the forms were from, but said some of the forms dated back to 2018. She said this meant those cases wouldn't have progressed. A stack of forms with medical evidence of injuries sustained by patients who opened cases of sexual &/ physical assault with SAPS, awaiting collection by SAPS from 1 of our state hospitals.Some date back to 2018, meaning the cases never got anywhere. A catastrophic system failure

 

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