The Volkswagen Group South Africa continues its Field Hospital Legacy project by supporting critical offerings of several local clinics, hospitals and other institutions by donating containers and other equipment from the decommissioned hospital.
Heightened security measures are set to be implemented at all health facilities in Nelson Mandela Bay after the assault of a nurse at the Uitenhage Provincial Hospital at the weekend, the latest in a string of recent criminal acts at hospitals and clinics.
‘Suboptimal infection prevention and control measures’ in Nelson Mandela Bay’s state hospitals drove the outbreak of a rare bacterial infection over the past few months, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases said last week, confirming that 42 patients were infected with Salmone.