The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) on Wednesday put Durban’s Addington Hospital management on terms over what they described as shoddy health services. A group of EFF supporters‚ led by two of their MPs‚ Hlengiwe Mkhaliphi and Phillip Mhlongo‚ marched to the hospital and demanded a response from management within 14 days. The party’s demands include opening a 24-hour operation in the surgical outpatients and oncology departments to clear backlogs; employment of more doctors and nurses; repair of all broken machinery‚ including CT scans and endoscopes; a special section for children while the children’s hospital is being renovated; and insourced security and cleaning personnel. Mkhaliphi‚ who delivered the memorandum to hospital CEO Dr Mthetheleli Ndlangisa‚ said: "At no stage are we trying to threaten you but as the EFF we have a potential to come back within 14 days to demand these things that we are saying here." Ndlangisa told the EFF supporters that while he accepted their memo...
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