In the letter, dated May 6 and copied to health minister Zweli Mkhize, Kwankwa was scathing about Gomba’s portfolio.
Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane has directed the office of the health ombudsman to conduct a full investigation following serious allegations made by UDM deputy president Nqabayomzi Kwankwa.Health MEC Sindiswa Gomba faces another Covid-19 headache after Member of Parliament Nqabayomzi Kwankwa’s aunt died, allegedly after being turned away at four state health facilities.
UDM deputy president and MP Nqabayomzi Kwankwa with United Democratic Student Movement members during a visit to Walter Sisulu University’s Butterworth campus.After testing positive for the coronavirus she struggled to breathe. But even after she was found to be negative, she remained gravely ill.on Friday, Kwankwa said some in the family were considering legal action against the department.
On April 10 she was discharged because the hospital was to undergo fumigation. The cousin then returned Banzi to her Ginsberg home, where she was visited by family and friends. But some of the staff at Bhisho Hospital refused to attend to Banzi because her results were still pending, he said.She was taken home by Kwankwa’s cousin, despite breathing through an oxygen machine and with a urinary tube attached.On May 3, Banzi was taken to the Dimbaza clinic before being admitted at SS Gida Hospital “where she was left to die on her own”.
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