Eastern Cape health MEC Nomakhosazana Meth has expressed shock at the killing an off-duty Frere Hospital nurse over the weekend. The 55-year-old nurse and her husband were mercilessly gunned down by unknown assailants on Saturday morning in Pefferville while coming back from a family gathering, according to the family.
The DA picketed outside Livingstone Hospital on Wednesday, calling on Eastern Cape health MEC Nomakhosazana Meth to act on challenges faced by patients and staff, including those at the Dora Nginza and Provincial hospitals.
The Eastern Cape's government morgues have 346 unidentified and unclaimed bodies, some of which are believed to have been homeless people who died on the streets.