One of Gauteng’s flagship provincial hospitals left much to be desired, according to the Latchman family.
A Johannesburg family who went to one of Gauteng’s flagship provincial hospitals to be tested for the coronavirus has been left traumatised and dejected after spending close to 10 hours at the hospital waiting to get tested. Yulesh Latchman, from Victory Park, said he went to Charlotte Maxeke Hospital at 2pm on Friday afternoon to get his wife and daughter tested after they had been exposed to potentially positive people at his wife’s place of work and at his daughter’s school.
“My wife and daughter were both screened by Dr Swart, who was really great. She qualified both for further swab testing and had to, unfortunately, leave at 5pm,” said Latchman. “My child is still very traumatised as there was also no access to functional toilets or food, and water dispensers were dry,” he said.
“The place was so dirty with used masks and used gloves lying open on the floor right where we were sitting. If you go there negative there is a high chance that you can walk out positive,” she said. He said as one of the provincial hospitals that had been identified to treat the coronavirus patients, management at Charlotte Maxeke Hospital should account for the incident.
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