The Eastern Cape has suffered an extreme backlog in testing, with some people claiming they have had to wait up to a month for their results.
It is not clear why the matter was not brought to the health department’s attention earlier.Eastern Cape area manager Tabita Makula said they had only been told about the dumped tests on Monday.
Eastern Cape health department spokesperson Sizwe Kupelo said the matter was now between the National Health Laboratory Services and the courier company it used to transport the kits, adding that the health department would continue to probe the unfortunate incident.He said the courier company, which both Kupelo and Makula declined to name, would have to provide answers.
Though Kupelo was not certain how many kits had been dumped , he said some of the samples were labelled as having come fromThey were reportedly on their way to Port Elizabeth for testing.Makula said they were able to retrieve 80 samples from the site on Monday. “Provided that there are contact details on the samples, these people will be contacted for us to send a nurse out to them and redo the tests,” she said.“We will continue to investigate.”
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