The picket was timed to coincide with a promise that the reopening of the casualty department at the Charlotte Maxeke hospital would take place on Monday, 14 March. As feared though, it has still not happened.
Joburg mom details finding daughter dead, unattended at Helen Joseph Hospital A Johannesburg mother claims that staff at the Helen Joseph Hospital ignored her daughter, ending in her finding her dead in the same spot she had left her. Helen Joseph Hospital. Picture: Facebook.
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JOHANNESBURG - A Johannesburg mother has detailed her harrowing ordeal after finding her daughter dead in the same spot she had left her - in a hospital waiting area - more than 24 hours after seeking help from staff.
On Monday, Nqobile Dube rushed her critically ill daughter, 26-year-old Sichelesile, to the Helen Joseph Hospital in Johannesburg and by late Tuesday afternoon she had passed away, still sitting in her wheelchair with her mouth and eyes wide open.
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The intermittent supply affected functioning at the hospitals, with staff simultaneously having to deal with the COVID-19 third wave and load shedding.