Cosatu calls for inspections of Western Cape hospitals

The federation condemned the ‘failure’ of many health sector managers to comply with health and safety regulations.

Cosatu said a special focus was given to the health sector with the provincial leadership of both its affiliated unions National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union and Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa during a presentation on the impact of Covid-19.“We condemn the failure of many health sector managers to comply with health and safety regulations. Some hospitals have shown total disregard for the World Health Organisation’s compliance guidelines,” it said.

“We call on the department of employment and labour to conduct urgent investigations and inspections at Tygerberg Hospital, New Somerset Hospital, Groote Schuur Hospital, Khayelitsha Hospital, Mitchells Plain Hospital, Mediclinic Cape Town and all other high-risk health care facilities in the province,” it added.

The federation further said it supported the South African Democratic Teachers Union after the union called for their members not to report for duty until such time that all proper preventative measures had been put in place.

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