The health minister has said the situation at a KZN hospital may mean parts of it will need to be closed down.
cases in South Africa stood at 1,749, an increase of 63.“It was a male who had stage 4 prostate cancer at Parklands Hospital. We convey our condolences to the family of the deceased.
The minister said that the number of patients requiring care had not yet reached the level where there was not enough equipment available to treat them or to give staff personal protection equipment . “As stock comes in, we will start preparing for the period after. So we are preparing ahead. We don’t even have a hundred people in hospital at the moment countrywide.”
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