2002 bed sores in Gauteng Hospitals
2 December 2019
Patients in Gauteng public hospitals have suffered 2002 hospital-acquired pressure sores in the last two years, which is a terrible indicator of poor health care.
This is revealed by Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku in a written reply to my questions in the Gauteng Legislature.
According to Masuku “a hospital-acquired pressure sore is an injury to the skin or underlying tissue caused by pressure from a hard surface against the skin that limits blood flow to the skin such as a bed or a wheelchair for prolonged time.”
Steve Biko Hospital is the worst Hospital by far for bed sores - 611 bed sores recorded from 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2019.