Tygerberg Hospital has confirmed that as of 18 May, 105 staff members have contracted Covid-19.
Two household aids employed at two Western Cape hospitals have died of Covid-19, the provincial health department confirmed on Friday.
“We express our sincere condolences to their families, friends and colleagues. Their hard work, gentle natures and commitment will always be remembered and missed by their colleagues,” he added. Anncha Kepkey, a nurse and assistant manager of nursing for the trauma and emergency department at Tygerberg Hospital, died this week and is the second nursing fatality at the hospital.This followed the death of Petronella Benjamin, a nurse at a Golden Acre Clinic in the City Bowl, who died of Covid-19 complications in April.
Since the start of the pandemic, 421 healthcare workers have been infected by the virus, the department said. To date, 274 have recovered.“As we have noted across the health system, and in other sectors, there are several healthcare workers who are affected and is in isolation at home,” Van der Heever said.
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