NO TREATMENT AT BERTHA GXOWA HOSPITAL GERMISTON

The husband of a friend was taken to the hospital on Fri 30/08/2019 and collapsed as he entered the doors, after starting with vomiting & diarrhoea on Monday. It is now 5 days later and he has not received any treatment. Notes on the file indicate that blood glucose is out of control, no treatment has been apparent. After messing the bed all linen was withdrawn. There were no doctors from the time he was booked in until Monday 02/09/2019. No blood tests, no ICU referral, vomiting and diarrhoea continues and the man is in desperate need of medical attention. A mere 8 years after the opening of this revamped hospital, and clearly, staffing issues exist, medical doctors are scarce, and perhaps even racial mistreatment can be the issue. Family and friends are frantic as his prognosis appears very dire and he is the father of an 18-month son. Totally disgusted that things have gone downhill so fast when R498M was spent to upgrade/revamp the once teaching hospital. https://www.sanews.gov.za/south-africa/revamped-germiston-hospital-opened Monday, November 28, 2011 Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane "With this new institution, we've got a calabash of hope and better life." Apparently, this is another casualty of the rampant *******ion and care-less attitude that government employees seemed to have been infected with, and sadly this is now another white elephant that is placing people's lives at risk.