Controversies in handling of Covid-19 in Eastern Cape include patients who tested positive being accommodated in a B&B owned by the daughter of provincial Transport MEC Weziwe Tikana-Gxotiwe, called Mioca B&B, without the knowledge of the health department
e are growing concerns around the handling of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic in the Eastern Cape, resulting in Health Minister Zweli Mkhize being forced to intervene.
Nurses at the Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital also need PPE, and they staged a demonstration on Thursday to highlight this.The Eastern Cape, which recorded its first case of Covid-19 on March 21, has seen an alarming surge of positive cases.During his visit to the province earlier in the week, Mkhize expressed his concerns about the rapid increase of positive cases.“The biggest risk of spread that has been identified is funerals.
A group of nurses who were protesting at the Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital said they feared for their lives in the absence of PPE. She said there were gaps in communication, as nurses wanted to wear the full kit of protective equipment even when they were not working with people who had tested positive for the virus.
“It was when there was an outbreak – in terms of the two funerals in Port Elizabeth and in Port St Johns – that the minister came in to assist,” Gomba said.
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