[TRENDING] Groote Schuur Hospital | WC health department to probe Dudula allegations
Dudula members marched to the hospital on Saturday to hand over a memorandum.The group says the hospital has turned a blind eye to complaints about a service provider that only hires foreign nationals for positions such as cooks, porters and even security vacancies.
The provincial health department’s spokesperson, Dr Saadiq Kariem, says this isn’t the first time they’ve heard such allegations.“Their concerns, we’ve accepted the memorandum and we understand what the concerns are, but what we’ll do from the hospital and provincial side is obviously investigate the concerns," Kariem said.
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