Eastern Cape Health MEC Sindiswa Gomba says there are not enough doctors in COVID-19 wards and it is a big challenge for the province as it is trying to deal with the resurgence of the coronavirus.
The Nelson Mandela Metro accounts for 42 percent of the country’s new infections.
The Department of Health says the virus is claiming the lives of more than one in four patients in the province and there are more than 11 000 active cases in the Eastern Cape.
Gomba says that although relief doctors are coming the province is still in dire need.
“We are lucky at this time, we have got doctors that have come on board, we have Doctors without Borders. Our brigade of Cuban doctors have also come through. We are drawing doctors from where they are not needed to Port Elizabeth. That does not suggest we have enough until we have a proper analysis of shortages of staff.”
via - SABC
EASTERN CAPE - HEALTH MEC SAYS THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH DOCTORS IN COVID-19 WARDS ACROSS THE PROVINCE
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