{"id":134454,"date":"2016-08-25T09:50:15","date_gmt":"2016-08-25T07:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=134454"},"modified":"2016-08-25T09:50:15","modified_gmt":"2016-08-25T07:50:15","slug":"watch-armed-gangs-stealing-anti-retroviral-drugs-from-sa-hospitals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/134454\/watch-armed-gangs-stealing-anti-retroviral-drugs-from-sa-hospitals\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Armed gangs stealing anti-retroviral drugs from SA hospitals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A report by Journeyman Pictures reveals how clinics in Soweto have been targeted by armed gangs who steal antiretrovirals to produce Nyaope, a highly addictive drug.<\/p>\n<p>Such is the demand, reports Inigo Gilmore, that medical staff at several hospitals are under investigation, suspected of stealing from hospital pharmacies, and selling to dealers.<\/p>\n<p>Aaron Motsoaledi, the Minister of Health of South Africa, admitted that the ministry faces a problem with the theft of ARVs from government medicine depots and by health workers at hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the shortage of antiretrovirals is not due to a shortage of money, but because of theft.<\/p>\n<p>It is believed there are tens of thousands of addicts spreading right across South Africa and with the widespread theft impacting heavily on those suffering from Aids,.<\/p>\n<p>One addict told Journeyman Pictures, that the use of Nyaope leads him to steal and rape when he is high.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sGtopsSSQxw\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on South Africa<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/96707\/96707\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The most used illegal drugs in South Africa<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/127533\/gun-deaths-in-south-africa-vs-the-world\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Gun deaths in South Africa vs the world<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to The worst crime hot spots in South Africa\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/general\/93294\/the-worst-crime-hot-spots-in-south-africa\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">The worst crime hot spots in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to South Africa is one of the most violent and unsafe countries in the world\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/90808\/south-africa-is-one-of-the-most-violent-and-unsafe-countries-in-the-world\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">South Africa is one of the most violent and unsafe countries in the world<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A report reveals how clinics in Soweto have been targeted by armed gangs who steal antiretrovirals to produce Nyaope, a highly addictive drug.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":134464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-134454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134454"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":134466,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134454\/revisions\/134466"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}