Gauteng Health implements additional measures to curb Covid-19 spread

The Gauteng Department of Health has put additional measures in place to deal with the
spread of Covid-19 following the declaration of a national state of disaster by President
Cyril Ramaphosa.

As of Saturday, South Africa had 240 confirmed cases of Covid-19, with Gauteng accounting for more than 50% of the cases.

The following measures apply to Gauteng facilities:

• All elective surgeries are cancelled (these are surgeries that are planned in advance rather than those done in an emergency situation)
• Elective surgery with planned high care should be rescheduled to maintain surgical capacity
• All annual health events are cancelled
• The Out Patient Department (OPD) will reduce the number of patient visits by using the appointment system
• A separate area for patients with flu-like symptoms to be identified in facilities
• Thuthuzela Health Care Centre services to be extended beyond providing Forensic
  Services.
• Increase the number of chronic patients to be linked with Centralized Chronic Medical
• Dispensing and Distribution (CCMDD), and patients to be provided with three months’ supply of medication, and repeat script for six months.
• Patients will also be encouraged to use Pele Boxes for collection of medication
• Only two people per patient will be allowed, with one person per patient for no more than 15 minutes.

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