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The Star reports that the Democratic Nursing Organisation of SA (Denosa) in Gauteng has called on the national government to intervene in respect of the cholera outbreak in Hammanskraal.
The trade union warned that the situation was putting further strain on the healthcare system in the area. Denosa also called for an urgent inquiry into the water crisis in the Hammanskraal area, which would serve to point out where the crisis began and hold those responsible for the disaster accountable. “The water crisis in Hammanskraal has been there for years now and is living proof that the City of Tshwane has failed dismally to administer clean water service to the people of Hammanskraal,” Denosa claimed. “As a result of this failure, Jubilee Hospital is now experiencing an influx of patients, which is stretching the facility to a breaking point. Nurses in facilities in the area will also be made to perform duties that are outside their scope of practice, where they may be expected to carry water buckets to the water tankers,” Denosa stated. The organisation added that it did not encourage nurses to perform duties that were outside their scope. It called on the national Department of Water and Sanitation to come to the rescue and save many people from potential diarrhoeal infection.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Chulumanco Mahamba at The Star
- Lees ook, Cholera: Dodetal styg tot 15, by Maroela Media
- As well as, Suspend load-shedding in Hammanskraal to combat cholera, at Mail & Guardian
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