Drug use, Covid-related socio-economic hardship and Charlotte Maxeke fire also cited for increased pressure on the Johannesburg hospital
Drug use, Covid-19 related socioeconomic hardship and Charlotte Maxeke fire also cited for increased pressure on the Johannesburg hospitalHelen Joseph Hospital has recorded an increase in the number of mental health patients, with some patients coming from outside of the hospital’s feeder area.
Responding to a legislature question, Mokgethi said the hospital has recorded an increase in the number of mental health patients, with some coming from outside the hospital’s feeder area. She said the increase is due to large-scale use of illegal substances and the unwillingness of some families to take back members with mental health illnesses upon discharge.
Mokgethi said the temporary closure of sections of Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital has also contributed to the increase in the number of patients. “As at January 2022, HJH had treated 876 patients in the emergency department compared to 80 in January 2021,” said department spokesperson Kwara Kekana. In wards 2 and 3, 1,395 people were treated compared with 620 in 2021, and the outpatient department treated 520 patients compared with 244 by January 2021, Kekana said.
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