SA hospitals do not turn away foreign nationals - Motsoaledi
14 June 2017
Cape Town - South African public hospitals do not turn away foreign nationals, was health minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi's emphatic message to the portfolio committee on health on Tuesday, when he addressed the issue of a Congolese woman who was forced to give birth in Johannesburg's Park Station.
The Star reported that Francine Kalala was allegedly turned away from three hospitals because of her asylum seeker status while she was in labour.
According to Motsoaledi, she was never turned away from a hospital.
He said according to the seven hours worth of CCTV footage he watched, Kalala arrived at the Tshwane District Hospital at 05:23 and left at 05:55.