Nehawu protest: Sick teen’s strike ordeal at KZN hospital
First his ambulance was attacked, then he lay for hours without food or care as the workload overwhelmed nurses
12 March 2023 - 00:00
First critically ill Miguel Marais, 13, had to run the gauntlet of angry, striking workers when his ambulance arrived at Stanger Hospital — then he lay hungry and unattended, in his own urine, in a ward where two nurses were looking after about 80 patients. ..
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