Hospital staff refused to treat patient because of a lack of personal protective equipment
Nurses hold candles during International Nurses Day celebrations in Limpopo. Picture: GALLO IMAGES / SOWETAN / SANDILE NDLOVU
“But we established that the issue was that there were no PPE at the dedicated Covid-19 ward when the patient was admitted. It [PPE] was [withheld] from the nurses by management,” Sodidi said. “Unfortunately, by the time the PPE was made available to the nurses the patient had died.”“The five nurses are going back to work on Monday. The department realised that there were no grounds to suspend the nurses,” said Sodidi.
“We are equally not going to allow a situation where patients are abandoned, neglected or refused help. We are the last line of defence as health workers,” he said.The Eastern Cape has received 1.5-million masks from the national health department. Another consignment of PPE — which has since been distributed — was sent from the national health department to the province last week, said Kupelo.
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