Health Minister Zweli Mkhize is impressed with the renovations that have taken place at Cecilia Makiwane Hospital in East London, Eastern Cape.
This follows his visit to the hospital two weeks ago, during which he expressed concern over the readiness of its infrastructure.
I am pleased to say that I have been shown around and I am impressed that there have been renovations that have been done.“Chief among the issues we were focusing on was to flatten the curve and also to buy a bit of time to open up the space so that our health system could actually begin to accommodate some of the pressure that we expect.
The minister said after meeting with the province’s top brass he was convinced that the province was on top of its game and was doing its best to respond as expected. “We are all watching the numbers and we think this is a matter that we must give additional attention to. In our discussion with the premier, it was brought to our attention that the proximity to the Western Cape meant that the two provinces were operating more or less like an ecosystem where the numbers were showing a trend in which the increases were at an upward trajectory,” he said.
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