VAST QUEUES FOR X-RAYS AT HELEN JOSEPH HOSPITAL
Helen Joseph hospital has only one functioning x-ray machine for outpatients, as three other machines have been out of action for most of this year.
I discovered this on a recent visit to the hospital after receiving complaints from patients. A hand-written sign on one of the doors of a disused x-ray room says "Out of Order!! Do not use both rooms!!", and is dated 12 April 2010 (see picture below).
There are vast queues every Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday when outpatients are scheduled for x-rays.
Patients are often turned away because only 70 patients can be seen in a day, so 50 or more patients will be told to come back on the next scheduled day where they will only be seen if they come very early.