EDITORIAL | The high cost of quality healthcare and its stark contrast with the appalling quality of public healthcare in the Eastern Cape leaves one feeling helpless and hopeless.Over the years, we have reported on many harrowing experiences of patients at public clinics and hospitals.
Hundreds of Eastern Cape residents who flocked to the Mount Ruth railway station in Mdantsane for the affordable health services of the highly regarded Transnet Phelophepa II train this week have been left in the lurch after it failed to pitch up.The residents, mainly elderly and sick people, have had to brave the chilly nights and sleep at the station to ensure that they keep their positions in the queue.
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