According to provincial head of health Dr Keith Cloete, even with bed capacity at hospitals being augmented by a further 1,400 — including at non-hospital settings like the Cape Town International Convention Centre — there would still be a 1,600 bed shortfall and that this now has to be addressed.
He said supplying the bed capacity was one thing, but"equally as important is to find people to provide the services” that go with those beds. Negotiations with the private sector were also under way, he said, “but rates and pricing have been a stumbling block".“There is no script written for this,” said Winde. “We have to be best prepared for the disaster that is Covid-19, as well as other humanitarian disasters,” like job losses and food shortages.
Boulle said hospital admissions had been at 812 in a single week, but that by the end of this week that figure would stand at 1,400.
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