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Hospitals are struggling to cope with a surge of Covid-19 infections in Pietermaritzburg and the Midlands.
Professor Reitze Rodseth from Jones, Bhagwan and Partners said he and his colleagues had seen a big spike in the number of people being treated in the intensive care units at St Anne’s Hospital, Mediclinic Pietermaritzburg and Life Hilton Hospital, in the last two weeks.
His team of specialist anaesthetists, doctors and nurses are currently caring for around 60 patients at St Anne’s, another 60 at Mediclinic and between 20 and 30 at Hilton Life.
“Two weeks ago we were looking after 15 or 16 patients in intensive care in the city. We now have 24 patients with Covid-19 just at St Anne’s Hospital. They are either on ventilators, being treated with non-invasive ventilation or high levels of oxygen,” he said.