South Africa endures coronavirus crisis as health services collapse
BBC, 16 Jul 2020
Chronic failures in the health system of South Africa’s Eastern Cape have been exposed by the coronavirus pandemic.
Key staff are on strike or sick with Covid-19 and there are reports of unborn babies dying in overcrowded, understaffed wards.
A BBC investigation found exhausted doctors and nurses who say the province’s health system has collapsed under the strain. One doctor called it an “epic failure of a deeply corrupt system”.
After initially controlling the virus South Africa is experiencing a sharp rise in infections - currently more than 10,000 new cases a day.
Huw Edwards presents BBC News at Ten reporting from Andrew Harding in Port Elizabeth.
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Key staff are on strike or sick with Covid-19 and there are reports of unborn babies dying in overcrowded, understaffed wards.
A BBC investigation found exhausted doctors and nurses who say the province’s health system has collapsed under the strain. One doctor called it an “epic failure of a deeply corrupt system”.
After initially controlling the virus South Africa is experiencing a sharp rise in infections - currently more than 10,000 new cases a day.
Huw Edwards presents BBC News at Ten reporting from Andrew Harding in Port Elizabeth.
Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog
