Front line physician explains challenges medical staff face due to Covid-19

Last week, Premier Alan Winde said the province is ramping up efforts to deal with the influx of new covid patients by making extra bed space available and employing more healthcare workers at our hospitals. In response, a Cape Town doctor wrote a long thread sharing his experience on the frontline and disputing some of the facts presented by the Premier. Dr Faried Abdullah is a front-line physician at Brackengate Hospital of Hope and paints a rather scary picture of what medical staff are going through. VOC News editor Tasneem Adams had a chat with him….