Over 7,000 patients infected in Gauteng hospitals last year
The high number of infections has been blamed mostly on poor infection controls at the Gauteng health institutions
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The high number of infections has been blamed mostly on poor infection controls at the Gauteng health institutions
SAHRC is empowered to institute an investigation in its own accord and they will investigate the allegations.
For weeks nurses and doctors at the Hillbrow Clinic in Johannesburg have had to attend to patients in darkness and sometimes use their cellphones for lighting because of damaged cables.
The Gauteng health department says work is under way to repair an electrical fault affecting Hillbrow Clinic.
The shortage of neonatal intensive care unit beds in Gauteng health facilities is a major factor in the death of babies as they die while waiting to be transferred to other facilities.