Watch: The deadly wait for cancer treatment

Patients are dying waiting for cancer treatment in Gauteng’s public hospitals.


The Gauteng public health system is in a crisis.

Cancer patients often die while waiting months for urgent treatment.

There have been numerous allegations of staff mistreating patients, even tying a patient to a bench.

Health workers themselves complain that the load is too much and that the province’s health leadership is missing in action

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