National health department to step up scrutiny of protective equipment stocks
The department will add details of provincial stocks to a real-time system already in place for monitoring key medicines
The national health department is planning closer scrutiny of provincial stocks of protective medical equipment and will be adding these details to a real-time system already in place for monitoring key medicines, according to acting director-general Anban Pillay.
Despite SA’s relatively low numbers of Covid-19 cases by global standards, a shortage of personal protective equipment has already emerged as a key concern among health-care professionals. The global tally stood at 2.97-million reported cases on Monday, with 206,500 deaths. The latest figures for SA, released on Sunday evening, put the local tally at 4,546 cases, with 87 deaths...
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