COVID FORCES GOVERNMENT TO FAST-TRACK HOSPITAL REFURBISHMENTS

There is a glimmer of hope for many rural hospitals in the Eastern Cape as the provincial government has been forced to fast-track their refurbishment to capacitate them to deal with the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic.

A decision by the Eastern Cape provincial government to refurbish existing dilapidated hospitals in deep rural areas in the region, rather than build field hospitals, means a much-needed facelift will be given to health institutions that have been in a state of collapse for years.

And, in just five months, work has begun at some of the facilities, while