The Pata Clinic is expected to re-open on Wednesday following a two day closure, as employees downed tools complaining about their safety. The clinic closed on Monday and Tuesday and patients were left untreated as no one was there to assist them.
The National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union (Nehawu) is hopeful that renewed talks with KwaZulu-Natal Health Department will help bring an end to the stand-off between staff and management at Pietermaritzburg's Town Hill Hospital.