South Africa’s hospitals not overwhelmed yet, MPs hear

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The acting director-general of the Department of Health said at the moment there isn't a high demand for high care of Covid-19 patients.

President Cyril Ramaphosa visits the Covid-19 coronavirus treatment facilities at the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg on April 24, 2020. Picture: Jerome Delay / POOL / AFP

South African hospitals are currently not overwhelmed by the Covid-19 pandemic, acting director-general of the Department of Health, Anban Pillay, said on Monday. According to one of the graphs he presented to the committees, based on figures as at 25 April, 353 patients were in hospitals around the country, the highest being in KwaZulu-Natal at 143.

Mkhize said the current thinking on treating Covid-19 patients places “less rush to putting people on invasive ventilators”.

 

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Spin doctors trying to maintain the official narrative are probably the most overwhelmed ...

Before corona public hospital were already overwhelmed. Not enough bed, PPE and doctors, nurses are overworked and a waiting period that went over a year..... Then jiki jiki what happened?

Not near max. Yet lots of other important procedures have been shelved. For what. I know of Dr sitting at home doing nothing.

'Not even remotely close to overwhelmed' would be more accurate, actually.

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