Fitness test patients did not suffer from heatstroke
- Published on 8 Aug 2013
- HR Pulse News Desk
It has emerged patients who were treated at the Edendale Hospital after taking part in a fitness test for the Road Traffic Inspectorate (RTI), at the end of last year, at the Harry Gwala Stadium in Pietermaritzburg did not suffer from heatstroke and heat exhaustion, reports News24.
During the enquiry that is currently taking place into the death of eight people who took part in this test, Dr Douglas Wilson, the head of internal medicine at Edendale Hospital, testified that test participants who were treated at the hospital were diagnosed as suffering from iron deficiency, mild dehydration, mild anaemia and hypotension.
However last week, according to News24, Wilson testified that eight people who participated in the fitness test were suffering from heat exhaustion and five were diagnosed with heat stroke. Wilson was a specialist in tuberculosis and HIV/Aids.
"I came in with my own way of approaching heat stroke. If a person's mind was not working clearly, I chose to diagnose that person with heat stroke... I am not an expert in this field," he said.
