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TimesLIVE reports that scores of patients, many of whom didn't observe social distancing, waited outside Durban’s Addington Hospital on Monday.
There were about 200 people waiting in the hot, morning sun for their monthly check-ups. The reason for the long queue was explained on Sunday by provincial health MEC Nomagugu Simelane Zulu, who reported that 38 staff members had tested positive for Covid-19 since the start of December at the hospital. They comprised five doctors, 11 nursing staff, an allied worker and 21 support staff members. Meanwhile, at RK Khan Hospital in Chatsworth, 23 staff had Covid-19, comprising seven nurses, 10 doctors, two radiologists, three clerks and a general orderly. Advance life support paramedic Garrith Jamieson said on Monday that paramedics in and around the Durban area were having “excessive difficulty” finding space for multiple patients who had fallen ill as a result of the second wave of the pandemic. “There is minimal space at facilities to accommodate these patients and we have to liaise with the doctor as to what is the best treatment. Some of the facilities, both state and private, are in complete divert. I urge people to stay safe and at home,” Jamieson said.
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