Nurses, doctors and community members have shared horrific encounters at public hospitals during the pandemic
There are now 311,049 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in SA. The country's battle with the virus has attracted global media coverage.As Covid-19 infections spike, the country's health system continues to be overburdened and ICU and trauma units are filled to capacity. The pandemic has not only added pressure, it has also exposed cracks in the health system that even the global community is beginning to take note of..
Dr John Black, who works at the Livingstone Hospital, said “services are starting to crumble under the strain”. He said the system was overwhelmed with Covid-19 patients and that there was limited staff to handle the pressure. Another doctor, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said several newborn babies and mothers have died in the past week. He attributed the deaths to understaffing, which allegedly saw pregnant women wait for days for emergency surgeries.reported that SA had the fourth-largest daily increase in Covid-19 cases globally on Tuesday.
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