A Gauteng hospital’s Covid-19 prevention and control measures are being questioned by a family that believe their loved one contracted the virus while he was a patient there.
The family of the late Shupi Peter Mosupi from Brits, North West, want to know why the Mabopane, Gauteng-based Mediclinic Legae hospital has also kept mum regarding changes to his health status.
“None of our other family members tested positive, so it would be surprising if the hospital ever argued that my father came in already infected.”Mosupi said she lodged a complaint on the Mediclinic website after they were left in the dark about her father’s health and could not reach him on his cellphone.
Mediclinic could neither deny nor confirm that Mosupi, who was admitted late in June and died in the middle of last month, was infected while under its roof. “It’s standard practice to inform a patient directly of any clinical information. Family members are only included in the treatment information if the patient isn’t fully oriented. Mediclinic reporting structures require us to provide daily updates to the national department of health, which is responsible for contact tracking and tracing as part of the follow-up process.
“With his heath condition, there was no way he could have survived Covid-19. He was there for a specific treatment, but then Covid-19 finished him off. We believe the virus was definitely something he was free of when he was admitted to that hospital.”
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