A war of words has erupted between the ANC in the Western Cape and the provincial government over the treatment of a Khayelitsha woman who tested positive for Covid-19.
She said the DA-led provincial government’s response to the emergency had been disappointing and inept and treatment of the patient"very regrettable".
Windvogel said the patient who was diagnosed at the Khayelitsha day hospital was only moved after the ANC contacted Mkhize as a matter of urgency, in the interest of the patient and the community. Windvogel appealed to the Western Cape health authorities to"wake up" to the gravity of the coronavirus, adding that suspected cases should not be allowed to languish in hospitals but needed be quarantined immediately, while those who had been in contact with patients needed to be tested immediately.
He said the Western Cape government's team managed the situation with the full support of provincial health minister Nomafrench Mbombo.
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