Bridget Moleboheng was due to give birth over December and was taken to the Sebokeng Hospital in the Vaal Triangle. But when the time came she was forced to deliver her own baby. The only “help” she received from the nurses on duty was when they took time out of laughing and chatting in the corridor outside her room to tell her to keep quiet.
Eastern Cape Health MEC, Sicelo Gqobana, visited a psychiatric hospital in Queenstown this week. There he found patients infected with lice, as “warm water was not available.” Others were even sleeping naked on the floor due to “linen shortages.” But when Gqobana looked in the cupboards, guess what he found? Clean and unused linen! Those found to be in charge were handed letters of intended suspension.