Thokozani Zuma and his colleagues made the trip from Shelly Beach on the south coast on Thursday morning in an attempt to arrive at St Augustine’s hospital before 5am.
He too received a message notification early on Thursday morning informing him that he would receive his vaccination at the Durban hospital.
“We were surprised to see such a long queue, even though we weren t that late. Some workers have been here since before 5am and have not been assisted yet. When we got here we heard for the first time that elderly people had also been called to come and get vaccinated.”
Health workers urged to book Covid jab after long queues at Durban hospital Updated
Nushera Soodyal
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Management at Durban s St Augustine s Hospital say healthcare workers arriving at the facility for a COVID-19 vaccine without having first registered - has led to extremely long lines inside and outside the vaccination centre there this week.
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Images of snaking queues at the hospital appeared on social media on Tuesday.
St Augustines hospital is pumping today with the Sisonke vaccine rollout pic.twitter.com/kBfMRjh8LG Karin Morrow (@rinmor) May 11, 2021
Newswatch received complaints from some healthcare workers who say they waited over six hours at St Augustine s to receive a jab.
13 April 2021 - 14:06 Netcare s Jacques du Plessis says Covid-19 admissions at the group s hospitals are currently low. File photo. Image: Sandile Ndlovu
The number of Covid-19 patients at what was Durban s busiest private hospital since the start of the pandemic is “extremely low”.
A source told TimesLIVE that the last Covid-19 patient at St Augustine s Hospital was discharged on Thursday.
Netcare hospital division MD Jacques du Plessis said Covid-19 admissions at all the group s hospitals were low.
“We can confirm that the Covid-19 inpatient numbers are extremely low at present in most Netcare facilities. The situation is however fluid,” he said.