Oxygen supply, patient care and vaccinations affected by ongoing violent protests

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Private healthcare groups said they had put contingency plans in place in response to potential threats caused by the protests.

Oxygen supplier Afrox said that it had not stopped operations despite the ongoing violence.

“We can confirm that Netcare facilities in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng are operational as normal. Contingency plans are in place to ensure sufficient staffing and oxygen to care for patients in the hospital. Where needed, some of the hospitals have been placed on divert,” Jacques du Plessis, MD of Netcare’s hospital division.

“The contingency measures that are in place include contingency staffing, the temporary closure of the vaccination centres in areas at risk — in line with the Department of Health’s directive in this regard — and the cancellation of elective surgeries in areas of unrest. MCSA is also endeavouring to secure the delivery of critical supplies like oxygen at this time of the Covid-19 pandemic,” Mediclinic Southern Africa said in a statement.

 

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