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Independent News reports that frustrated staff at Durban’s Addington Hospital have downed tools over an issue with the hospital's faulty lifts.
Staff took to the streets on Wednesday morning to stage a peaceful protest. They said they were fed up about complaining about the lifts which hardly ever worked. According to a report in early October, a tap at a water basin was left on and water flowed into the lift shafts, causing the front four lifts to be damaged and subsequently shut for repair. Two weeks ago, a lift got stuck between the third and the second floors before it crashed to the ground floor. The occupants were saved by other people while the lift was still stuck between the floors. Meanwhile, opposition parties have called for an investigation into the situation at the state health facility. Democratic Alliance (DA) spokesperson on health, Dr Rishigen Viranna, said the party had written to the SA Human Rights Commission about the matter. According to Viranna, both staff and patients said that none of the lifts were working and they were forced to use the stairs to access care and the wards. Viranna's counterpart at the IFP, Ncamisile Nkwanyana, called on KZN Health MEC Nomagugu Simelane-Zulu to find long-lasting solutions by investigating the cause of the latest incident.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Se-Anne Rall at Independent News
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