The state of the Prince Mshiyeni Hospital is a disgrace. The latest was the discovery of a decomposing female corpse in the public toilet and the alleged disappearance of a baby’s body from the hospital mortuary. There is a critical shortage of beds in the hospital caused by the effects of HIV / Aids, which forces patients to wait on stretchers and chairs in the hallways of the hospital.
This is a hospital that serves the poorest of the poor who suffer in silence and it is time someone spoke up for those people. We should demand an investigation into why the hospital has been allowed to deteriorate into such a state and those at the provincial level, this is a provincial hospital, who allowed this to occur should be terminated from their positions with immediate effect, whether they are politicians or bureaucrats. There needs to be consequences for this type of neglect. They are obviously not doing their jobs because if there was adequate oversight this would not be happening. These officials at provincial level need to get out of their offices and start taking care of the people who elected them to do just that.
The same could be said for any number of government hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal including Addington Hospital on Durban’s beach front.
