Paediatrician Dr Tim de Maayer, who blew the whistle on the state of Gauteng's healthcare facilities, is expected to be served with a warning letter, according to the DA.
The Progressive Health Forum, a forum of leading health activists from around South Africa – many of whom have close connections with the ANC and occupy senior positions in the health system – on Wednesday night issued a press statement strongly condemning ‘reports that Dr Tim De Maayer,.
The dire conditions laid bare by a medical doctor at the Rahima Moosa Hospital in Johannesburg are a true reflection of problems experienced by Gauteng hospitals.
Several items of linen were burnt when another fire broke out at Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Tshwane on Sunday. Patients were temporarily evacuated.