Molefi Sompane
Homeless are among the most vulnerable to illness.
Learners would at Kgorathuto school for registers to be taken, and were then sent home.
This is not the first case of a nurse being assaulted by an unhappy patient at Thabong Clinic.
The health department has not yet hired more staff, citing budget constraints.
Conditions in the men’s toilets are reportedly worse. Tshepiso Leoli says they’re unusable, due to blocked drainage.
The provincial health department says the local municipality is responsible for providing water to Masilo Clinic.
The ceiling is leaking, and workers are worried that it can fall. The walls are damaged, and the grass around the hospital building is overgrown.
Despite a year-long investigation, the cause of the hospital fire is still unknown.
It is reported that the rapid growth of the mining town affected the ailing infrastructure.
Among the closed facilities are clinics and state morgues in Botshabelo, Phuthaditjhaba and Bloemfontein, where services are partially operating.
Workers say blocked pipes have been causing a stink in and around the mortuary and key machinery have been broken.
The Pheko family from Botshabelo buried their son and brother last week, after waiting three months for an autopsy.