Seven patients test positive at 'separate' dialysis centre at St Augustine's Hospital

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Seven patients test positive at 'separate' dialysis centre at St Augustine's Hospital
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The KZN Health MEC has confirmed that 7 patients receiving dialysis at St Augustine's Hospital have tested positive for Covid-19. PostKZN coronavirus

Durban - The KZN Health MEC has confirmed that 7 patients receiving dialysis at St Augustine's Hospital have tested positive for Covid-19.

"Now understanding the shortage of dialysis in the province, when we closed down the hospital, we then agreed with the hospital that that particular dialysis centre will continue to function, on the basis that it is separate from"Although we raised an issue with the group to say how sure are they that the virus has not moved around, they indicated it was not possible for the virus to move around, as the healthcare workers that work in the hospital don't necessarily work in the...

Simelane-Zulu said one must then understand clinically that it is not possible for someone to stop dialysis at this point.

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