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As International Nurses Day is celebrated on 12 May, tributes were being paid to sister Diane Seale, whose calm and selfless actions prevented further deaths during the recent mass shooting at the hospital which claimed the lives of three people. As International Nurses Day is celebrated on 12...

A fearless nurse managed to calm a gunman inside a Cape Town hospital by hugging him and chatting until he agreed to be sedated.

Sister Diane Seale was doing her routine handover at New Somerset Hospital when she received a distress call from a colleague. She ended up isolating and calming a gunman.



‘The story of Sr. Seale is one of leadership, bravery, compassion, teamwork and true humanity. Her unwavering focus and attention on the suspected shooter ensured that countless lives were spared,’ said Alan Winde.

The data collection deadline has been extended to 14 May.

A patient shot two patients and a police officer at the New Somerset Hospital in Cape Town on Saturday evening.

‘She calmed the shooter down and convinced him to hand over the firearm. Despite the personal risk to her, she stood up to help those around her.’

Police have opened murder dockets after six men were gunned down in Khayelitsha – the third shooting in recent weeks in an area facing rampant violent crime and gun violence.

A man on Saturday wrested a gun from a policeman, went on a rampage and shot dead two patients inside a South African hospital, police said.

TWO patients died and a police officer was critically injured after a shooting inside Somerset Hospital in Cape Town on Saturday evening, 7 May.