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- Former Bosasa operations director Angelo Agrizzi suffered a heart attack in hospital on Wednesday.
- He is believed to be in critical condition and has been on life support.
- Agrizzi’s request for bail was rejected and he faces corruption charges.
Former Bosasa chief operating officer Angelo Agrizzi suffered a heart attack at the hospital on Wednesday, his lawyer said.
“I can confirm that he had a heart attack. Doctors managed to resuscitate and stabilize him, but he is obviously in a very serious condition,” Daniel Witz told News24 on Thursday.
Agrizzi partner Debbie Agrizzi told TimesLIVE that she was in critical condition at a private hospital in the northern suburbs of Johannesburg after she suffered a heart attack Wednesday morning.
“He is currently in critical condition. So far he has been placed on three different forms of life support. We have been informed that he is currently on an internal ventilator. He has also been put on dialysis because his kidneys are failing,” he added. Debbie told TimesLIVE.
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Last Wednesday, the Commercial Crimes Court, located in the Palm Ridge Magistrates Court, denied Agrizzi bail in a matter in which he faced corruption charges for allegedly making payments to former ANC MP Vincent Smith.
After spending a night in prison, he was transferred to a public hospital.
On Monday, Agrizzi was rushed to a private hospital after his condition worsened.
At the time, Witz told News24 that they had received a call from the correctional services department around noon.
“[They said] that the treating physician at the public hospital advised them that they needed to be transferred to an ICU / intensive care center urgently because their condition was worsening and they did not have the facilities to treat it. ”
Agrizzi’s lawyer previously said they intended to appeal the result of the bail request.
– Compiled by Riaan Grobler
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