South Africa

From bed to worse: the mess ​​we're in as virus surge looms

15 June 2020 - 07:00 By Graeme Hosken and Sipokazi Fokazi
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The Cape Town International Convention Centre's Hall 4 is one of the exhibition halls being turned into a Covid-19 field hospital.
The Cape Town International Convention Centre's Hall 4 is one of the exhibition halls being turned into a Covid-19 field hospital.
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SA’s health-care system faces a total medical needs onslaught as it races towards the Covid-19 surge.

We drill down on how the fight is bedevilled by PPE, bed and test problems, and meddling unions.

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