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Closure of Free State clinics and morgues shows maintenance failuresÂ
Molefi Sompane
Among the closed facilities are clinics and state morgues in Botshabelo, Phuthaditjhaba and Bloemfontein, where services are partially operating.Â
Tshiame residents forced to live with human waste as pipes fail
Tladi Moloi
Residents say human excrement and foul-smelling water constantly flow through their yards and streets.
Patients wait a month to fix broken bones at Bophelong hospital in Mahikeng Â
Bakang Ditibane
Some patients had to fast from 10pm the previous night in preparation for the procedure, only to be informed in the morning that the surgery had been cancelled
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