Groote Schuur Hopital reaches crisis point as Covid- cases double every days
(World News South Africa)

The number of Covid-19 patients at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town is doubling every five days, according to a doctor, one of several at the hospital that we spoke to. The hospital will not be able to cope unless something is done. “I expect there will be an excess of patients needing care even if all existing beds are opened,” said the doctor, who did not want to be named. The hospital is currently running seven wards with over 120 Covid-19 patients, and four intensive care units with 19 Covid-19 patients. Three of these wards are for confirmed Covid-19 cases, others are for suspected cases - in other words people with respiratory illnesses. A doctor said that the proportion of these...