Rob Ferreira Hospital under fire over patient care failures

Rob Ferreira Hospital under fire over patient care failures

By GhanaSummary NewsroomSouth Africa

A maintenance worker said the provincial health department was trying to fix the hot water but it has been left unattended for so long that it will take time and money.“Some sections of the hospital do have hot water, sporadic in other sections and none at all in some of the wards,” one nurse said.

SAHRC inspection reveals hot water, bed and linen shortages An oversight by the SA Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC) uncovered a chronic shortage of beds, with patients using stretchers and wheelchairs as makeshift beds, while others sleep on mattresses on ward floors.

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