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Netcare numbers show SA may have overestimated pandemic
The private hospital group treated just six state Covid-19 patients through no fault of its own
05 October 2020 - 20:34
For months private hospital groups, doctors and the department of health negotiated a deal for the private sector to treat critically ill Covid-19 state patients on a cost-only basis.
The private sector has far more ICU beds than the state and they wanted to show solidarity during the pandemic. ..
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