Limpopo ambulances line up to drop off Covid-19 patients: ‘This has become a huge, huge crisis’ | Citypress

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As hospital admissions in Limpopo continue to feel the strain, so too are the ambulance services, with reports that at least 29 of them were parked outside a private healthcare facility on Thursday alone, waiting to admit patients.

On Thursday, DA member of Parliament, Evelyn Wilson, who also is a member of the National Emergency Services Group, said: “Today we were advised by the ambulance groups that 50% of all their calls are Covid-19-related.

Wilson was speaking during a meeting of the portfolio committee on health and Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize, who faced a barrage of questions and critique over government’s handling of the Covid-19 vaccine acquisition. “The fully air-conditioned clinical decision unit, which has received approval and support from the MEC for health in Limpopo, will be operational as from January 7 and will provide oxygenation, ablution facilities and safe areas for donning and doffing of personal protective equipment for nurses and doctors. An additional 60 staff members have been deployed to assist at the hospital,” he said.

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