The male nurse has been accused of raping a mentally ill patient at the Osindisweni Hospital.
|||The case against a male nurse accused of raping a mentally ill patient at the Osindisweni Hospital was postponed by the Verulam Magistrate's Court on Friday, police said.
Sandile Buthelezi, 31, was expected to make a formal bail application on January 5, said Lt-Col Vincent Mdunge.
Buthelezi allegedly raped the 28-year-old woman in the showers at the hospital on Sunday.
He reportedly ran away from the hospital after police questioned him but he was arrested on Wednesday. - Sapa