Inspectors from the Eastern Cape Department of Health found that Livingstone Hospital had not been properly cleaned and did not have sufficient thermometers to conduct visitor and employee Covid-19 temperature screenings. There were also no compliance officers at the hospital.Rats were seen licking at od-tainted liquids spilling from a drain outside Livingstone Hospital’s main entrance.
Laundry is not being done regularly and patients are told to bring their own linen. Disposable gowns are used as hospital gowns are not cleaned in time. The audit added that management must ensure that PPE is used correctly and that the hospital is cleaned regularly and surfaces, kitchens, toilets and consulting rooms are washed down with soap and sanitised.
According to the report, no compliance officers had been appointed to monitor screening at the hospital due to “an oversight by management” and a shortage of staff. Nelson Mandela Bay municipal spokesperson Mamela Ndamase said a team was dispatched to inspect the hospital’s drains.
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