'In the fight against Covid-19, we have neglected primary health care,' says Human Rights Commission official
Willie said she spoke to some patients during the visit who complained about being turned away because clinics didn’t have chronic medication. “In some facilities where staff had tested positive for Covid-19, clinics closed, making it impossible for users to access health care ... We were also informed that due to fears of Covid-19, some clinics had resorted to dispensing medication through the fence.
Yawa asked staff about the incomplete project. “Why are our people subjected to these conditions of sitting outside while it rains? Why has a project that was supposed to be completed last November not been finished?” Yawa told the delegation that he could only describe Lukhanyo Clinic as a toilet, because it was very small. He said cardboard boxes were scattered about its passages.
At Gustav Lamour Clinic in Despatch, Yawa told the nurses and facility manager Elaine September that he had “thought this clinic is a tuck shop”.
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