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Road ahead will be draining, Western Cape medics warn Gauteng colleagues ahead of Covid-19 spike

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Western Cape health-care workers have warned their Gauteng colleagues to brace themselves for ‘emotionally and physically draining' work days as the province is expected to see a spike in coronavirus infections in the next few weeks

Doctor Keith Cloete, who is the chief of operations for Western Cape health, said what they had also noted from their staff was that, besides the fear of contracting the virus, transmitting it to their families and the frustration concerning the availability of PPE, health-care workers were also stressed by the community's attitude towards the virus.

Dr Aslam Dasoo of the Progressive Health Forum said Gauteng's health department needed to strengthen its prevention strategies. “That we believe has collectively worked in the Western Cape to slow down very deep rising infections and we can do that here and in the rest of the country,” Dasoo said.

 

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