The organisation has stepped into the leadership vacuum to help the Rahima Moosa Hospital in Coronationville and the Helen Joseph Hospital in Auckland Park cope with limited supplies of water.
The hospital and surrounding communities have had little water following problems in Johannesburg.
Yesterday, the commission's provincial manager Buang Jones visited the Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital after reports that cancer patients were unable to receive treatment at the facility. With parts of Charlotte Maxeke destroyed by fire and other facilities relying on water trucks, Johannesburg's hospitals are in a critical condition.
The hospital conducted genetic tests proving that the dead baby boy who was handed to Hilda Mpofu's family was indeed her child after an error was initially recorded shortly after her triplets were born.
On Thursday, Eyewitness News reported how an alleged error in the hospital’s baby sex recording system had led to the confusion, which left Linda Mpofu with two babies after giving birth to triplets.
Thirty-five-year-old Hilda Mpofu, a domestic worker gave birth to premature triplets – two girls and a boy - at the facility last Thursday, but now finds herself with only two children, a baby boy and girl.
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The National Institute for Communicable Diseases conducted an investigation at the facility after nine infants died following the outbreak earlier this year.
The Human Rights Commission visited the Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital on Thursday after nine babies died at the facility due to an outbreak of necrotising enterocolitis in September.
The Human Rights Commission conducted a site inspection at the Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital following reports of nine infants dying due an outbreak of the necrotising enterocolitis bacteria.
The commission visited the hospital on Thursday to investigate whether those deaths could have been prevented.
Necrotising enterocolitis affects the intestines of premature babies and could lead to an infection.
The babies died over a six-month period at the facility. Forty-three cases had been reported.
The disease affects the intestine of premature babies which leads to an infection and inflammation.
The disease mostly affects the intestine of a premature infant, which then leads to local infection.
The minister joined a site visit at the Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital following complaints of a lack of nurses.
It's being reported that the province is owed a R160 million by foreigners with embassies not paying their health bills.
