Watch: Emergency room burnout

Tracy Lee Stark

By Tracy Lee Stark

Photographer and Multimedia Producer


Staff at hospitals face major burn out due to the long hours that they have to work.


The Gauteng public health system is in a crisis.

Staff at hospitals face major burn out due to the long hours that they have to work.

There are numerous allegations of staff mistreating patients, even tying a patient to a bench.

Health workers themselves complain that the load is too much and that the province’s health leadership is missing in action.

This article first appeared on GroundUp. Read the original here.

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