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Shocking treatment of psychiatric patients at Charlotte Maxeke Hospital

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Shocking treatment of psychiatric patients at Charlotte Maxeke Hospital:

Dear Editor

The Democratic Alliance is appalled by the report today that 30 psychiatric patients are kept in poor conditions in an emergency ward at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Hospital.

According to a quoted source, these patients “are being kept like animals.” They do not have privacy or direct access to toilets, relieving themselves on the floor or in a bottle as security escort them to toilets only once or twice a day.

Safety is an issue as a patient has attacked a nurse in this ward.

It is utterly shameful that this is happening at our flagship hospital in our province.

I will be pressing the Gauteng Health Department to take urgent measures to provide decent facilities and treatment for these patients.

Regards

Jack Bloom MPL
DA Gauteng Shadow MEC for Health

– MyZA

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Sundays at the The Maboneng Precinct

On a Sunday morning, Maboneng is perhaps the most diverse place in South Africa. You will see Ethiopian coffee ceremonies happening next to artisanal gin bars, and Zulu dancers performing in the street while international tourists browse through vintage vinyl. It is a microcosm of the “New South Africa”—messy, vibrant, occasionally precarious, but undeniably alive. It proved that the “City of Gold” didn’t need to dig deeper into the earth to find value; it just needed to look at its own abandoned streets with a bit of imagination.