This will ease the burden on the existing 1,000-bed field hospital at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, where Covid-19 patients are being quarantined.
The Eastern Cape government has received a major boost in its effort to fight the Covid-19 pandemic after the German government and Volkswagen pledged R107 million for the construction of a field hospital at an unused plant in Port Elizabeth.
Operations at the hospital will be managed by the Eastern Cape Department of Health in collaboration with the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality. He added the initiative was aimed at assisting the local and provincial government to provide much-needed care to Covid-19 patients in Nelson Mandela Bay.“Once fully operational, the facility could accommodate up to 4,000 beds for patients diagnosed with Covid-19. This would also include high-acuity patients who require oxygenation.”
He added it would foster cooperation with the private sector to establish a sustainable strategic alliance in Nelson Mandela Bay.
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