Some of the facility’s cancer patients have told Eyewitness News about the trauma suffered when the hospital failed to make arrangements for alternative treatment sites in the aftermath of the disaster, leaving many of them in limbo.
On Sunday, there was chaos at the Steve Biko Academic Hospital, with doctors telling Eyewitness News that they were refused COVID-19 vaccines at the hospital in Pretoria despite having appointments.
At the weekend, doctors at the Steve Biko Academic Hospital claimed they were refused vaccines despite having appointments. Professor Glenda Gray said that many general practitioners arrived at the site without appointments.
A doctor who works at a private hospital said she had an appointment to be vaccinated but was turned away before even joining the queue.
Clocking in long hours and often having to endure dangerous working conditions, medical personnel have been on the frontline battling the epidemic.
Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize visited the Steve Biko Academic Hospital on Tuesday to assess how it was coping with the rising numbers of COVID-19 cases before heading to the Charlotte Maxeke Hospital. #COVID19 #VaccineSA #HealthMinister
Earlier this month, the Steve Biko Academic Hospital was thrust into the spotlight after pictures emerged showing patients on stretchers in a parking lot with water running under them.
Gauteng Premier David Makhura stressed how the province's health system is beginning to feel the strain of the second wave of COVID-19 infections. Makhura was speaking during a visit to the Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Pretoria on Monday after images of patients being treated in makeshift tents at the hospital emerged. #COVID19 #GautengHealth #SecondWave
Makhura was speaking at the Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Pretoria earlier on Monday.
Stoltz, who was the head of infectious diseases at the University of Pretoria and Steve Biko Hospital, died from complications during surgery on Thursday.
DA Gauteng shadow Health MEC Jack Bloom said that the party welcomed Gauteng Premier David Makhura's promises to fix the state of hospitals in the province but believed it would be a disaster if the national government took over the running of the academic hospitals.
This comes after media reports that the Steve Biko Academic Hospital's oncology department is on the verge of collapse.
Machines at the hospital in Pretoria are believed to be broken and the ward is under staffed.
It’s understood protesters blocked the entrance to the facility and its surrounding roads with burning tyres.
This after security personnel held demonstrations at the facility barricading all entry points.
Acting CEO at the Steve Biko Academic Hospital has dismissed calls for workers to be insourced, saying government employment procedures need to followed.
Workers barricaded the entrances to the hospital with burning tires and barbed wire earlier on Monday.
Born to Protect security guards protested outside the Steve Biko Academic Hospital on Monday, blocking the entrance with burning tyres and barbed wire in Pretoria.
