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Covid-19: Zweli Mkhize unlocks urgent help for Eastern Cape as deaths soar

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Mkhize says the recent re-banning of alcohol sales had already had a 'major impact' on the availability of hospital beds.

Mkhize is also a veteran of South Africa's fight against AIDS. AFP/File/GUILLEM SARTORIO

At a press conference in Port Elizabeth on Thursday, Mkhize announced a high-powered “project management team” has been appointed to “to help the health service to cope better”. “Some of the smaller hospitals are taking strain,” Mkhize said on eNCA. Efforts would now be made to increase beds “in areas of need… because of the vastness of the province”.Another crucial infrastructure shortage being urgently addressed was oxygen-supply systems. Mkhize announced government was now fast-tracking procurement. Mkhize said it was essential to plan oxygen requirements proactively, to ensure oxygen supply never ran out.

The same pertained to acting CEOs of some hospitals, which required addressing, to ensure “firm and proper leadership in all institutions”.

 

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