Coronavirus – South Africa: Health Committees to assess Readiness of Hospitals and Quarantine Sites in Western Cape and Kwazulu Natal

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The Portfolio Committee on Health and the Select Committee on Health and Social Services will today conduct a joint oversight visit to the Western Cape and KwaZulu Natal provinces to assess the state of quarantine sites and readiness of public hospitals to deal with Covid-19. Also, the committees will visit private health facilities in those provinces.

Since interprovincial travel is not allowed under the level 4 lockdown, the committees have deployed their members to conduct oversight visits in provinces where they reside. The committees have prioritised provinces with high numbers of confirmed Covid-19 cases.
 
Details are as follows:

Western Cape, Tuesday 26 May

Time	Venue	Activity
09:30 – 10:30	Tygerberg Hospital   (West Side Trauma Deck)	Dr Dimitri Erasmus to brief the committee on the preparedness of Tygerberg Hospital to respond to COVID-19 Committee to receive feedback on the Laboratory operations at TBH Questions and Answers
11h00-12h00	Cape Town International Convention Centre   (Field Hospital)	Guided tour of the temporary hospital Dr Anwar Kharwa to brief the delegation on the CTICC as part of the COVID-19 response. Questions and Answers

 
.KwaZulu Natal, Tuesday 26 May

10:00	General Justice Gizenga Mpanza Hospital
12:00	Netcare St Augustine’s Hospital

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