“Enjoying Weskoppies”: Patients in Mental Hospital Amuse SA With Imaginary Car in TikTok Video

“Enjoying Weskoppies”: Patients in Mental Hospital Amuse SA With Imaginary Car in TikTok Video

  • A TikTok video shows two patients who are allegedly at the South African mental institution Weskoppies
  • The video of two men thought to be at Weskoppies had many people entertained as they got creative with their free time
  • Netizens cracked jokes about the antics that the alleged patients in the video got up to with some craving visit to the psychiatric hospital

People were fascinated as they got a look into a mental institution. A video showed what viewers believed to be admitted patients at Weskoppies.

Patients in mental hospital amuse SA
Patients messing around mental hospital leaves Mzansi cracking up in TikTok video. Image: Stígur Már Karlsson / Mujahid Safodien
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The video of the two men in hospital was a viral hit. The video received thousands of likes from amused online users.

Alleged Wekoppies patients have fun

In a TikTok video by @weskopiesrsa, two patients put on a convincing show, acting like they were in a car. The pair used the mechanical bed in the hospital to pretend they were in a vehicle. Watch the video below:

SA amused by alleged mental hospital patients

Many people were amused to see the antics of the men. Online users could not stop cracking jokes.

Paballo Zoey Molefi said:

"This is where I belong, guys."

mavetani asked:

"Can I be admitted even though I'm not sure if I'm okay or not? This place looks peaceful."

Ami 5555 joked:

"To us who want to be admitted at Weskoppies, let's all gather here."

Nunekazi MamXesibe wondered:

"If I book myself in for December, we won’t have problems in January when I have to leave, neh?"

BeeJay777 laughed:

"These guys are enjoying at Weskoppies."

Ndalo'enhle Ntuli-Zitha was amused:

"I wanna book myself in for December, please ngidle imali yestokvel."

Gauteng patient spreads smiles, enjoys ambulance ride

Briefly News previously reported that a video of a patient having the time of her life in an ambulance has made rounds on social media.

In the TikTok clip uploaded by @twinmom17_09_24, the Gauteng ambulance is driving on a freeway. However, what caught people's attention was a patient with her head out of the window waving at people.

The patient was happy. Some people assumed that the patient was a mentally disturbed person, and at the time, she was being taken to the hospital to be under the care of professionals.

Source: Briefly News

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Rutendo Masasi (Weekend Entertainment and Human Interest editor) Rue Masasi is a Human Interest and Entertainment writer at Briefly News who graduated with a BA (Hons) in English from Rhodes University in 2018. Rue also has 3 years of experience in journalism and over four years of experience as an online ESL teacher. She has also passed a set of trainings by Google News Initiative. You can reach her via email: rutendo.masasi@briefly.co.za