Steve Biko Hospital at breaking point with wards full of Covid-19 patients
By Sakhile Ndlazi
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Pretoria - Pretoria’s Steve Biko Academic Hospital has reached breaking point, as all prescribed wards are full of Covid-19 patients.
An outside area has been converted into a holding ward.
A hospital spokesperson, who cannot be named as they may not speak to the media, said the situation was grim.
Many patients were extremely ill and staff are overwhelmed.
“The place is like a bad dream, a horror movie. It is scary but, more importantly it is real,” she said, adding that the staff were concerned about their own health and that of their loved ones.