The state of public health care in South Africa continues to depreciate daily. Unfortunately, the poor become the most vulnerable and ultimately suffer the most. Complaints of negligence, inadequate resources, long waiting periods and, in some cases, the attitudes of the staff have been among the public’s popular grievances regarding these public health-care facilities.
In the first five months of this year, there has been a public outcry in the media over public hospitals’ maternity units and the danger they have put the lives of their patients in.
In Gauteng, two of Johannesburg’s leading
