Covid-19: Netcare medical facility group expecting rise in cases over coming weeks

Netcare’s Kingsway Hospital in Durban.

Capacity

” We presently have capability in our health centers for both Covid-19 and other patients in our vital care systems and basic wards.

On Thursday, News24 reported that the Netcare medical facility group had actually set up “free-standing” mortuaries at some of its medical facilities to guarantee the security of health and funeral parlour employees during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Coastal director for Netcare’s medical facility department Craig Murphy stated it had been a precautionary step to acquired free-standing mortuaries at a number of their health centers, “in case funeral parlours discover themselves in a position where they can not quickly gather departed clients from our health centers”.