PHOTO STORY | 'We need staff, psychological help': Inside a Gauteng Covid ICU fighting the second wave
Covid-19 health workers in a Gauteng hospital say they urgently need more staff. "Traffic jams" in overwhelmed facilities leave no space for social distancing. Staff work long hours with little time to eat and rest, and even less psychological support to deal with colleagues succumbing to infection from the virus. The City of Tshwane, the municipal area in which George Mukhari Academic Hospital is situated, is a Covid hotspot. The hospital lies next to Ga-Rankuwa, a sprawling labyrinth of settlements that stretch to the border of the North West province, and serves a population of about 1.7 m...