Rabhika Baijnath - a Malvern Medicross manager who overseas health checks conducted on entering the centre. "I wish people would realise we are not doing this to be difficult but for their own safety," she said.
PEOPLE working in the medical field have been lauded for the work they have done amid the suffering and anxiety caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Hundreds of these frontline workers make sacrifices to save lives.
Isaac Frank – a shopping centre car guard. “People don’t realise that we rely on tips. We have to pay the centre to work here, but do not receive any pay except that which the customers give us,” he explained.
They are joined by other heroes who sometimes go unnoticed, those who might not be doctors, but whose work is appreciated.
Nathaniel Padayachee – a grave digger at Queensburgh Cemetery. “The last few months have been very busy with sometimes up to 14 burials a day,” he said. Padayachee, who has been working at the cemetry for the past eight years, said he has never seen the cemetery as busy as it was in December 2020 and January 2021.
The Queensburgh News chatted to some everyday heroes, who have been on the front line throughout the lockdown period providing essential services to communities, often at great risk to their own lives.
Lungile Mkhize – who conducts temperature checks at Malvern Medicross said her job is made easier when people use the app which pre-checks their symptoms before arriving at the clinic. “People are generally quite friendly, but when they are frustrated they sometimes take it out on us,” she said.
Are you a frontline or essential service worker who has been working throughout the Covid-19 pandemic?
Contact Morris, the Queensburgh News reporter on evem@dbn.caxton.co.za or on Whatsapp 0835666757.
Caxton Local Media Covid-19 reporting
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