Their demands include the reinstating of sectional doctors, water in the hospital, x-ray machines and they also demand that the MEC of Health in Limpopo, Dr Phophi Ramathuba, apologises about the statement she made on a radio station.

It is alleged that Ramathuba said that doctors in Malamulele Hospital are incompetent.

This came after a nine-year-old boy died in a queue after he was discharged on Friday without having been cured and he died while queuing for re-admittance.

According to the report from the South African Human Rights Commission, the boy was also given expired medication.

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 Ramathuba visited the hospital last Wednesday and lambasted staff members and made changes where she appointed a new CEO, clinical manager and medical manager.

More on the story as it unfolds.