Kingsway Hospital has re-opened
Preparations for both the hospitals to re-open on Monday, 11 May are currently underway.
Netcare confirmed that the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health (KZN DoH) advised that both Kingsway and St Augustine’s hospitals were given the green light on Friday, 8 May to re-open.
“Since Kingsway and St Augustine’s hospitals were closed for new patient admissions in April, Netcare has been engaging and working closely, and on an ongoing basis, with the KZN DoH on all matters pertaining to COVID-19 at the hospitals, as well as planning for their re-opening,” said Craig Murphy, regional director coastal of Netcare hospitals.
The hospital was closed for admitting new patients on 14 April and the emergency department was closed at the same time. As from last week, there are no more patients in the hospital, and the decision was taken to use this opportunity to further disinfect and decontaminate the entire hospital.
“Preparations for both the hospitals to re-open on Monday, 11 May are currently underway. Last week, the hospitals had already further enhanced their disinfecting and decontaminating programmes of all the facilities on their premises. Doctors at Kingsway and St Augustine’s will also again be consulting from their rooms as from Monday.
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“We are pleased that the hospitals can again offer much needed specialised medical care to the communities they serve, and we sincerely thank the communities for their patience and understanding over the past number of weeks.
“The resilience and commitment demonstrated by our staff since the first COVID-19 cases were identified in South Africa has been humbling. We value the tremendous contribution of our nursing and support staff, doctors, other healthcare practitioners and contract service providers at the frontline of the fight against COVID-19, and would like to express our deep and heartfelt gratitude to each of them for their incredible efforts under these challenging circumstances,” said Murphy.
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