Nurse sentenced for selling ARVs
A Limpopo nurse has been sentenced for selling antiretroviral (ARV) drugs.
Mokgadi Monica Ramusi was ordered to pay a R20 000 fine or face four years imprisonment, in the Morebeng Regional Court on Friday.
The 45-year-old state nurse had been arrested in June 2016 after the Hawks found her in the unlawful possession of ARV tablets.
The Limpopo Hawks spokesperson Matimba Maluleke says: "Ramusi was arrested by Hawks members for the unlawful possession of 24 bottles containing ARV tablets that she was trying to sell."
A Limpopo nurse has been sentenced to pay a R20 000 fine or four years imprisonment for stealing ARV tablets. #ARVTheft
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He says the investigation revealed the nurse had stolen the ARV tablets from the Botlokwa Clinic.
Her arrest followed a tip-off.
She was then set up and allegedly tried to sell the tablets for R7500 to an undercover police officer.