The Democratic Nursing Organisation of SA has called for one of the country's biggest private hospitals, Durban's St Augustine's Hospital, to shut its doors immediately after the national health minister announced that 66 people have tested positive for Covid-19 there
St Augustine's hospital in Durban was quiet on Tuesday after national health minister Zweli Mkhize announced that 66 people had tested positive for Covid-19, including 48 members of staff.The Democratic Nursing Organisation of SA has called for one of the country's biggest private hospitals, Durban's St Augustine's, to shut its doors immediately after the national health minister announced that 66 people had tested positive for Covid-19 there.
Denosa provincial secretary Mandla Shabangu told TimesLIVE on Wednesday: “We think that the hospital must be closed down because many people are infected and we don’t see management taking responsibility and protecting their employees and all those in there. “We will be releasing a statement later today following feedback from the provincial department of health and the premier.”He said their stance on managers"who failed to protect their workers" did not only apply to St Augustine's but to hospitals across the province.
The main entrance to the hospital was uncharacteristically quiet on Tuesday as nurses in masks slowly trickled out of the main gate.On Friday the hospital revealed that three patients had died from Covid-19 within 72 hours."We are a bit wary because we have to take public transport but we are protecting ourselves with masks and it is in God's hands," said one guard.
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