As cases surge, the Eastern Cape will need to send Covid-19 patients to its neighbours, says project management unit team leader Dr Sibongile Zungu.
She said her unit discovered that hospitals in the Alfred Nzo, Sarah Baartman and Chris Hani regions do not have the proper equipment, such as oxygen and ventilators, or staff to handle the surge.
She said the unit had further proposed to the provincial government that the health department should use existing government properties as field hospitals. “The backlog is big as some of these hospitals have not done proper capturing. In some cases these are done by nurses and doctors who have their own duties other than administration,” she said.
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