MPUMALANGA HEALTH SYSTEM CONTINUES TO BECOME A SERIOUS HEALTH RISK

MPUMALANGA HEALTH SYSTEM CONTINUES TO BECOME A SERIOUS HEALTH RISK

COPE in Mpumalanga alleged to have visited a number of hospitals in the province on Wednesday and Thursday during a fact finding mission embarked together with the assistance of some members of both print and the electronic media.

The first such hospital was the controversial Mapulaneng in Bushbuckridge where many patients had to rely on a single doctor for nearly the entire day.

While we accept the fact that the province is currently running short of doctors it remains a fact that Mapulaneng hospital does not only have a single doctor but quite a number of them and it therefore becomes a mystery if only one doctor had to attend to all patients who consulted at the hospital.

One of the patients at the hospital was so angry that he had stayed there for a long time without being attended to and offered his contact numbers for any media house that would like to interview him with his bad experience.

The patient’s contact numbers can be given at request.

The second hospital which also showed some kind of unsatisfactory results was the Barberton hospital where patients also complained about poor services.

“We have been waiting for our names to be called since this morning but that has not happened. I’m coming for the second time in this hospital after failing to see a doctor yesterday,” said one patient who looked very ill.

Rob Ferreira was also not spared the rod since it was previously in the news for all the wrong reasons.

A woman who had given birth to stillborn twins at the Rob Ferreira hospital in Nelspruit was reportedly left in a pool of her own blood while nurses allegedly told her they were still awaiting linen from the laundry in Barberton hospital.

COPE says the moral regeneration of health workers in Mpumalanga health institutions has deteriorated so much that the only solution under the circumstances is just to vote out the ruling party because it continues to undermine our communities.

“We call on all the voters out there to note that their votes can make a great change in the country, COPE is ready to give an alternative government which will make great strides in improving health in the country,” said COPE Mpumalanga premier candidate, Sizile Ndlovu.