Protesters are again blocking access to hospitals in the North West and are threatening to burn doctors who try to access their workplaces to treat patients. On Friday morning, protesters blocked access to Potchefstroom Hospital. Doctors trying to access the hospital have been threatened with being burnt, Dr Ebrahim Veriava‚ a specialist at Tshepong Hospital, said. He is monitoring the effect of the protests on his colleagues and the hospitals serving poor and disadvantaged patients. One doctor took a video of burning tyres outside the hospital. Another doctor sent Veriava pictures of strikers who were removing doctors from wards of Klerksdorp Hospital. Klerksdorp is a referral hospital treating the sickest patients from across the province but is now short-staffed‚ he explained. This comes as the South African National Defence Force said its involvement in the crisis had rendered the situation back to normal. Union Nehawu has been on a go-slow in the province since February‚ disrup...
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