She was assisted by the paramedic who had brought her to the hospital and who took her to the maternity ward in a wheelchair as the nurses had refused to provide a stretcher. [...] The hospital could not monitor the ototoxicity levels in the patients because the laptop with the necessary software to do so had been stolen. [...] Ms Mesias said that when the baby was born the nurse had taken the baby by the head and thrown it on the fl oor, without cutting the umbilical cord. [...] According to Kevin Halama, a Hospersa spokesperson, the issues that needed addressing in the North West Department of Health were the ter- mination of fraudulent contracts, the fi lling of vacant posts and an investigation into corrupt offi cials in the province’s Department of Health. [...] The South African Committee of Medical Deans was reported to have called on the government to ‘address the systemic failures in the provincial health departments as a matter of priority’.
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