Video footage showing pregnant women sleeping on the floor for more than three days at the Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital in Johannesburg has caused outrage. | MarvinCharles_ Lisaleesolomon1
The video shows pregnant moms-to-be in pyjamas sleeping on the floor while others sit on plastic chairs.
Many of the pregnant women in the video can be seen with luggage bags and sleeping on blankets on the floor.Urgently fix and reopen Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital - Defend Our Democracy Nozuko Mkabayi, the hospital's CEO, told News24 that the hospital had taken note of the public complaints about the situation - the matter had since been referred to the hospital's quality assurance unit.
Mkabayi said they had steadily increased the number of deliveries of babies between 10 000 to 16 000 per annum. Responding to questions about the video posted by Sauls, Mkabayi alleged patients received a call notifying them about the mayco member's arrival instructing the women to sleep on the floor.
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