Public healthcare services in disarray in North West and Gauteng
On Wednesday, the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) registered its "deep concern" while the Health and Other Services Personnel Trade Union of SA (Hospersa) said its members were being intimidated about going to work‚ following the major disruption of healthcare services caused by industrial action in the public healthcare sector in recent weeks.Recent protest action in both Gauteng and the North West provinces has resulted in striking workers disrupting medical services‚ damaging public property‚ and closing clinics and hospitals‚ the university said. This has resulted in many patients being turned away‚ depriving them of access to basic and critical healthcare services.On Wednesday morning‚ TimesLIVE reported that doctors were being blocked from entering two hospitals in the North West. Wits said the impact of the industrial action has had far-reaching consequences for the university’s staff members‚ academics and students who undertake clinical duties in public hospitals and...
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