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Cleanliness a cause for concern at Charlotte Maxeke

Picture Credit: germistoncitynews.co.za
Picture Credit: germistoncitynews.co.za

Conditions at a flagship hospital in Gauteng are declining‚ Democratic Alliance’s (DA) Jack Bloom said on Monday.

“Dirty and broken toilets are causing major distress for patients at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Hospital‚” said Bloom‚ the DA’s provincial health spokesperson.

He said the declined was evidenced in the results of the latest national health department survey “where it scored only 68% on six core standards‚ including cleanliness‚ down from 70% previously”.

Bloom quoted a description of the ladies toilets at Charlotte Maxeke by former nurse Colleen King:

“I went to the toilets at area 457 by the outpatients. One toilet was taped up and clearly out of use. The other was horribly blocked and the stench was apparent in the passage.

“I then tried the ones next to the hairdresser ... The lights were missing. All three toilets were without seats and paper. I went all the way to area 557 where the toilets were also in poor condition seats missing‚ no paper‚ etc.”

Bloom said he has written to hospital CEO Gladys Bogoshe “to attend to this appalling situation as soon as possible”.

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