5 die in E Cape because of strikes
2010-08-26 21:45
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Port Elizabeth - A psychiatric patient has died due to a lack of medical care, bringing the death total in the Eastern Cape to five, the provincial health department says.
Eastern Cape health spokesperson Sizwe Kupelo said on Thursday three infants and two adults had so far died from a lack of medical care caused by the public sector strike.
The most recent was an adult who died at Komani Psychiatric Hospital in Queenstown, due to an untreated wound.
Kupelo said that the hospital was among those which had not been assisted by the military.
The SA Medical Health Service (SAMHS) said on Thursday that it had deployed to 49 hospitals in eight provinces. There were 11 deployments each at hospitals in Gauteng and Mpumalanga.
Five hospitals in North West, five in KwaZulu-Natal, three in Eastern Cape, six in Limpopo, six in Free State, and two in Northern Cape have seen deployments.
Only hospitals in the Western Cape did not receive military assistance.
- SAPA