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News24 reports that following the exposure of staff to and subsequent contraction of Covid-19, Netcare’s Kingsway Hospital in Amanzimtoti, south of Durban, has this week been closed for new admissions, while its trauma unit has been shut down.
KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) health department spokesperson Noluthando Nkosi said the provincial head of department (HOD) Dr Sandile Tshabalala was looking into the matter. “The HOD has sent teams to the hospital. We will institute an urgent investigation as was done with St Augustine’s,” Nkosi said, referring to the Durban hospital that also closed its doors to new patients after suffering a novel coronavirus outbreak. Regional director for Netcare, Craig Murphy, said the origin of the exposure was traced to a patient who was admitted to hospital via the emergency department on 4 April with a suspected stroke. Healthcare and other workers who were exposed to the patient have been asked to home-quarantine and self-monitor. Most of the identified contacts have been tested, while the remainder of the exposed persons will be tested in the next few days. All potentially exposed patients have also been tested.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard at The Citizen
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