Deplorable abuse of patients at strike-hit hospital
6 March 2019
The Democratic Alliance condemns the deplorable abuse of patients at the Yusuf Dadoo Hospital in Krugersdorp where union workers have been on strike since last Friday.
Surgery was halted yesterday, and patients are not receiving medicine or are turned away, causing much suffering for people in the area who cannot afford private health care.
In one case I have tried to assist a family to get the body of a relative from the hospital mortuary.
The striking workers are from Nehawu, Hospersa and Denosa, and their demands include better working conditions, the reopening of a canteen, and management to step down.