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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Cape Town – As public hospitals in the province buckle under the pressure exerted on the health system by a second wave of Covid-19 infections, the provincial health department has banned hospital visits.<\/p>\n

Premier Alan Winde said: \u201cAt this stage, visitors to public health facilities will not be allowed. Health facilities in the Western Cape are still subject to strict adherence to health protocols. If you have any questions about visitation restrictions, please call the hospital in question to enquire.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know that you want to visit your loved ones in hospital, but to limit any potential risk of possible transmission of Covid-19 to them, we must continue to restrict in-hospital visitations. This is in line with the principles of social distancing to limit interaction and in doing so, slow and stop the spread,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cNo person will be allowed inside Western Cape Government Health facilities without wearing a suitable mask covering their nose and mouth.\u201d<\/p>\n

Health department spokesperson Maret Lesch said: \u201cPatients who are in hospital but are stable will be discharged for further management at home or at a step-down facility.<\/p>\n

\u201cPatients are urged to only access the Emergency Centre for emergencies. Non-emergencies should access healthcare services at their nearest clinic.\u201d<\/p>\n

ANC provincial spokesperson on health Rachel Windvogel said the DA was not helping the cause of containing the second wave with the utterances of its members.<\/p>\n

Windvogel said: \u201cDuring alert level 1 they made demands for scrapping of the travel red list when all other countries maintained theirs. And now the party is making reckless utterances, criticising the national government\u2019s move to close certain beaches in the province in the Covid-19 hot spot.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs responsible citizens, to contain the spread of the virus is entirely dependent on people\u2019s behaviour.\u201d<\/p>\n

Good party MPL Brett Herron said: \u201cHospitals are under extreme pressure. ICUs are full and patients requiring hospital care for Covid-19 or other medical treatments are struggling to access care. This situation is quite dire and we need residents and visitors to be extremely vigilant about sticking to the Covid rules.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is clear now that the rush to close the Hospital of Hope at the CTICC was wrong. Unfortunately, the DA government has focused disproportionately on getting back to normal ignoring the pattern of the pandemic in other parts of the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was much backslapping about the quick closure of the CTICC as if the pandemic was behind us. Now people can\u2019t get access to hospitals,\u201d Herron said.<\/p>\n

EFF provincial chairperson Melikhaya Xego said: \u201cThe province has been in this situation before, there is nothing new here. The only reason we find ourselves in this situation again is due to lack of proper planning in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust before the beginning of the second wave of infections, the DA-led government in the province pretended as if it had things under control and would use its so-called hotspot data driven strategy to contain the spread of the virus.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll that was a failure because we are led by the provincial government that does not know what it is doing,\u201d said Xego.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey continue to emphasise on promoting and protecting profits over the lives of people in this province. They spend too much time taking the national government to court over closure of beaches than to actually try and contain the spread of this virus.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the health department has urged patients in the Cape Metro to access the Pocket Clinic telehealth service from their cellphone via WhatsApp by sending \u201cHi\u201d to 087 240 6122.<\/p>\n

\u201cUse Pocket Clinic to update your contact details, query your chronic medication delivery, and to confirm an existing appointment before going to the clinic.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cape Argus<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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