CAPE TOWN - Hospitals in the Eastern Cape need more staff and beds - particularly in remote areas - and more oxygen equipment, health minister Zweli Mkhize said on Thursday as he visited state facilities in the province to monitor Covid-19 readiness.
This included resolving disciplinary processes that have left facilities with managers on suspension for long periods, the minister said. "We directed that urgent repair work must be done in those areas, and that waste management companies have already been put in place by the MEC so those areas must be cleaned up."
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
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