GO TO FOOD *****S AND FIND YOURSELF IN THE EMERGENCY WARD

ON APRIL 29TH AFTER VISITING THE CIVIC CENTRE I WENT TO THE FOOD *****S MARKET IN THE HEERENGRACHT (I WISH THEY WOULD GET RID OF THAT WRONG APOSTROPHE). I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED FLM BECAUSE UNTIL LAST YEAR I WORKED AT THE SUNDAY TIMES AS A JOURNALIST AND WE WOULD HAVE LUNCH THERE. REASONABLY PRICED BUT GOOD FOOD. SO ON THE 29TH I THOUGHT OF PICKING UP SOME SOUP ON MY WAY HOME. I LIVE IN KLOOF NEK AND USUALLY WALK. I AM NOT YOUNG BUT FIT. AS I WENT THROUGH THE GLASS REVOLVING DOORS I WAS HIT BY THE DOOR AND SPAT OUT ON TO THE CEMENT. I HAVE LIVED IN NEW YORK, LONDON, PARIS AND USED REVOLVING DOORS ALL MY LIFE BUT THIS WAS EXTRAORDINARY, IT HAD NO SAFETY CONTROLS AND ANYONE OLDER OR GOING SLOWER OR SMALLER WOULD BE THROWN OUT. I WAS BADLY HURT, BROKEN WRIST, RIBS, AND SPENT TWO DAYS IN HOSPITAL AND HAD TO HAVE AN OPERATION UNDER GENERAL ANAESTHETIC. THERE WAS NO HELP, NO FIRST AID, NO PAYING FOR AN AMBULANCE OR TAXI, I JUST LAY ON A SOFA THINKING I WAS GOING TO PASS OUT. I HAVE NEVER IN MY LIFE HAD SUCH A BAD ACCIDENT AS I AM VERY CAREFUL. ALTHOUGH I DO HAVE A HOSPITAL PLAN THE EXTRA BILLS HAVE MOUNTED TO ABOUT R10,000. I HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE BUILDING MANAGER AND HAVE SEEN A LAWYER WHO IS TAKING THE CASE ON. HOWEVER, I FEEL THE PEOPLE WHO SHOULD REALLY ADDRESS THIS IS FOOD *****S MARKET AS THERE IS NO OTHER WAY IN. I WENT BACK WITH A FRIEND TO EXAMINE THE DOOR AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO A WOMAN, MUCH YOUNGER THAN I AM AND STRONGER, BUT SHE WAS CLIPPED BY THE DOOR. I HAVE HER CONTACT DETAILS. A CHILD COULD VERY EASILY BE ****ED. I INTEND WRITING ABOUT THIS IN LOCAL NEWSPAPERS BUT IN THE MEANTIME I WOULD LIKE MANAGEMENT AT FOOD *****S TO CONTACT ME ON ********** IT IS NOW IN THE HANDS OF MY LAWYER AND ALTHOUGH I KNOW IT IS A BUILDING FAULT OF RABEFINE, I FEEL THAT FL IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE. I WORK AS A FREELANCE JOURNALIST AND HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO WORK FOR A MONTH SO FAR AND THERE ARE MORE MEDICAL PROBLEMS THAT HAVE ARISEN FROM THE FALL AND WILL HAVE TO BE SEEN TO. I URGE YOU TO CONTACT ME ON THE ABOVE ADDRESS TO DISCUSS THE MATTER. I SUGGEST THAT ANY SENSIBLE PERSON DOES NOT VISIT FOOD *****S AS THERE IS NO OTHER ENTRANCE APART FROM THE REVOLVING DOOR