A nurse performs a Covid test at the Emfuleni Mediclinic's drive-through test station. Photo: Ettienne van Rensburg
Henda van der Merwe, Matron of the Emfuleni Mediclinic, confirmed to Sedibeng Ster that the hospital and its emergency department are under pressure.
The doctors and nurses at the Emfuleni Mediclinic’s driveway Covid test station were inundated with patients who came to test for Covid-19. Photos: Ettienne van Rensburg
“No matter where you go, all the hospitals in the Vaal Triangle are full,” she said. This was also confirmed by other hospitals in the Vaal Triangle. The Emfuleni Mediclinic’s driveway Covid test station, at the old Putt-Putt track next to the HTS Carel de Wet, was an anthill of activity.
A doctor from Emfuleni Mediclinic sits and fills out paperwork in the parking area of the old Putt-Putt track in Vanderbijlpark. Emfuleni MediClinic set up a drive-by Covid test station there.
According to a sister at the test station, they did not expect to do so many tests at all. Vehicles lined up in front of the test station.
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Gugulethu Kgongoane is the Online Editor of Sedibeng Ster. Email: gugu@mooivaal.co.za
She is also an online journalist of Vaalweekblad. Email: gugu@mooivaal.co.za
