Gauteng health denies equipment failure caused patient’s blindness at Steve Biko Academic Hospital
Department says prior surgeries, not broken machinery, led to vision loss in one eye The Gauteng Department of Health has denied that a patient was left permanently blind because of dysfunctional equipment at Steve Biko Academic Hospital’s Eye Clinic.“The patient told us that he is one of “countless patients” who suffered due to prolonged delays in repairing the equipment needed for retinal surgery at Steve Biko’s Eye Clinic.
DA’s allegations Mabona was responding to claims made earlier by the Democratic Alliance (DA), which said the patient had waited six months for retinal surgery after a compressor and suction system needed to operate the clinic’s constellation machine broke down.
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