A group of 38 medical practitioners has penned a letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa saying they are concerned the Covid-19 pandemic response is overshadowing non-Covid-19 health care problems.
The five-page letter warned that the government’s approach of having hospitals cut back on services and surgeries, discharge some patients earlier than usual and even temporarily close entire hospitals, was detrimental.
The doctors said for the first time in their medical careers many patients are avoiding voluntary access to health care because they are more scared of contracting the virus than facing the repercussions of neglecting their other health care conditions.
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