“It’s important that we deal with the speed that patients are moved away from observation wards,” he said.
The health minister expressed satisfaction with what he found at the hospitals and said it showed that health workers were prepared and knew what they were doing. “We’ve come to this Steve Biko and Tshwane district to give support to the team, also to take a look at what the issues are because there have been reports that there are no beds at all. The hospital is not full yet, but what happens is that delays get to be here, at the point of triage, so from that perspective we then want to get a sense of how that matter is being handled,” Mkhize said.
Health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize with Gladys Bogoshi , CEO of Charlotte Maxeke academic hospital an Gauteng health MEC, Dr Nomathemba Mokgethi.He said a lot of work has been done to address the shortages at Charlotte Maxeke. About 33 nurses had been employed urgently and more interviews were held yesterday.
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