Wound of Kwete Letsela on his right leg- photo by Malefu Wetsi Photo supplied by Malefu Wetsi (niece of Kwete)
FARM worker Kwete Letsela was lucky to escape with his life when a candle set his house alight.
But his right leg was burned in the fire at the farm where he works in Villiers, Free State.
Kwete (46) was treated in hospital for burns and released a week later.
But now his days are full of pain and fear of losing his job. He ran out of ointment and couldn’t buy more.
Now his right leg is rotting – and he fears that if it gets worse, it will have to be cut off.
“It’s has been three months since I was burned and I haven’t been able to work.
“Pus drips from my wounds . . . and the pain is unbearable,” he said.
Kwete wants doctors to heal his leg so that he doesn’t lose it, as well as his job.
His niece, Malefu Wetsi (39), said she was worried that her uncle might lose a leg.
“I have been hiring vehicles to transport my uncle when the ambulance couldn’t take him to hospital.
“He was first taken to Heilbron Hospital and then to Kroonstad Hospital,” said Malefu.
Dermatologist Dr Lize Reichert said that if a burned leg is treated quickly it shouldn’t have to be amputated.
Health spokesman Tebogo Oepeng said the man’s family should call an ambulance to take him to hospital before his leg gets worse.
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