The portfolio committee on health has weighed in on the wildfire spread of the Covid19 coronavirus at Netcare St Augustine’s Hospital in Durban in light of the high number of infections that the hospital has recorded.
“It is unbelievable that we could have so many Covid-19-related infections and deaths at one hospital. Half of the deaths relating to the pandemic in KZN are from St Augustine’s Hospital,” committee chairperson Sibongiseni Dhlomo said in a statement on Thursday.
“As a healthcare group that holds the sanctity of life above all else, every death is one too many. At this time, we wish to express our heartfelt condolences to the loved ones of those who passed away. What we are witnessing at St Augustine’s is something we would not have discovered if there was no country-wide vigilance to fight Covid-19.Last night Simelane-Zulu announced that the hospital would be closed indefinitely, bar one ward that would be used as a quarantine facility for the staff who had contracted the disease.
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