Mamelodi hospital upgraded in response to coronavirus
The Mamelodi Regional Hospital has been renovated in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, chief executive Dr Naing Soe said.
Soe said their catchment area had had low positive cases so far.
In the past five months, only 18 patients succumbed to Covid-19 and most of them had comorbidities.
Soe said of nearly 1000 employees, about 100 had tested positive. “Almost every day we do tests and most of them come back negative; luckily no staff member has died, and most of them don’t have severe symptoms or are asymptomatic.
“The Mamelodi community is blessed because very few people are Covid-19 positive.”
The hospital had gained a bad reputation following years of bad management and what Soe described as a “horror movie”.
He said the entire hospital had been repaired – from the entrance to the casualty ward.
Automatic hand sanitisers have been installed in the entire hospital and patients have new toilets.
“The walls are painted, tar roads resurfaced, boom gates are new, and CCTV cameras have been installed from parking to entrance. Every staff member has an air con and genuine leather chair. The CT scan has already been purchased and we will soon install it,” said Soe.
In April, a video surfaced of an overcrowded maternity ward, referred to as
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