As Operation Dudula members are expected to roll out their national campaign today to force foreigners to pay for treatment received at state hospitals while blocking undocumented ones, the police could not outline plans to mitigate the unlawful action.
Siyanda Ndlovu The union says the main concern is that infection numbers were surging with people coming back into the province from holidays. Picture for illustration. Nurses set up new ventilators during an event at Charlotte Maxeke Hospital in Johannesburg on 24 August 2020. Picture: Neil McCartney
“At the rate we are going the situation is gradually getting out of hand,” said Clement Marule, Nehawu’s Gauteng coordinator
Marule said the situation could get worse if the government did not give additional resources.
“In ward 20 and 37 in Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital alone we already have 19 workers infected,” said Marule.
“In George Mukhari [hospital], we have 83 frontline workers who are infected. These numbers are as of the middle of December to 4 January.”