The Star reports that Mediclinic Morningside staff in Sandton are demanding transparency from their employers after about 12 employees, including seven health-care workers, tested positive for the deadly Covid-19.  

A staff member claimed that a theatre nurse allegedly had coronavirus symptoms after a caesarean section on a patient last week.  “After the C-section the patient got transferred to the post-natal unit but one nurse presented with symptoms and got sick, and that’s when they decided to test everybody.  When they tested the mother and the baby, they found both tested positive,” she indicated.  The staff member said her colleagues were concerned as the hospital management allegedly had not been transparent with the employees about how many staff had contracted the virus.  Dr Stefan Smuts, chief clinical officer of Mediclinic Southern Africa, confirmed that after a staff member tested positive for the virus more than 100 potential contacts were tested, with the majority showing negative results.  The 12 positive staff members are all in isolation and will remain so until they have fully recovered.  All contacts are being monitored and isolation protocols applied.  

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Chulumanco Mahamba at The Star

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