Western Cape has enough staff, hospitals as peak nears

Western Cape has enough staff, hospitals as peak nears eNCA

Health officials say the four field hospitals have significantly decongested what they call the acute service platform.getting these field hospitals up and running

so we can be absolutely sure we are ready when the escalation hits our province," said Dr Saadiq Kariem, chief of operations at the Western Cape Health Department. Kariem said the hard lockdown gave the province an opportunity to recruit staff and put the necessary equipment in place.“We started are planning in the first 100 days. We called for volunteers, we have nurses, Cuban doctors and bursary nurses that have been appointed at the CTICC. We appointed an additional 350 nurses. There are also 70 doctors employed," he said.

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