The body of the 82-year-old man with Alzheimer’s, John Rodda, who has been missing since Saturday, while apparently on his way to the pharmacy, has been found in a morgue in Witbank.
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Body of Missing Man (82) with Alzheimer’s from Pretoria, Found in Witbank Morgue
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One month later and still no surgery for elderly woman who suffered extensive injuries at Limpopo hospital – This is what happen when you cannot afford medical aid and you left in the care of government hospitals!
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Catherine Ugoda and her twin granddaughters were admitted to the Louis Trichardt Hospital on 22 December after the taxi they were travelling in crashed into a bakkie on the N1.
An elderly woman who suffered extensive injuries during an accident exactly a month ago says she’s frustrated and disappointed that she’s still waiting for surgery in a Limpopo hospital.
Catherine Ugoda and her twin granddaughters were admitted to the Louis Trichardt Memorial Hospital on 22 December after the taxi they were travelling in crashed into a bakkie on the N1.
She says she was initially told she wouldn’t have surgery at the time because the majority of doctors were on leave.
The Limpopo Health Department says her operation is scheduled for Wednesday.
Ugoda says she would have left the hospital if she had money.
“I’ve been in this bed since 22 December. [Service] at [this] Limpopo hospital is very poor.”
Her twin granddaughters have already been discharged, bu
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TEMBISA HOSPITAL – WOMAN WITH BROKEN LEGS STILL NOT TREATED AFTER 3 WEEKS
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The woman was involved in a car accident at the end of April and has been in leg casts at the hospital since.
Eyewitness News has learnt that a woman who was admitted to the Tembisa Tertiary Hospital with two broken legs about three weeks ago has still not been treated.
The woman was involved in a car accident at the end of April and has been in leg casts at the hospital since.
The facility says one of the two operating machines has been out of order and doctors are battling to clear the backlog.
The hospital’s Chief Executive Dr Lekopane Mogaladi said: “The numbers that are coming have actually increased. We are managing to see them. In terms of P1, we see them within five minutes. The ones who are taking too long might be the P2 and P3, [they are] people with a longer waiting period. But it’s still within the framework of the provincial benchmark.”
He says the hospital also has an issue with CT scanners.
By: EWN