Health minister Zweli Mkhize will on Saturday receive ventilator machines donated to SA by the US to help in the fight against Covid-19.
The Western Cape has shifted to using high-flow nasal oxygen treatment on Covid-19 patients after the first six patients placed on ventilators died at Tygerberg hospital in Cape Town.
Head of the provincial department of health Dr Keith Cloete explained the shift in strategy during a virtual press briefing on Thursday.
Ventilators were used as one of the main treatments for critical care Covid-19 patients during the initial phases of the global pandemic, but the experience from Tygerberg hospital prompted a rethink.
Source: Sowetan
In other news – The Baby is here! Caster Semenya & Wife welcome their bundle of joy
Just a day after announcing that the couple is expecting their bundle of joy, Caster Semenya posted another picture on her social media this time confirming that the baby has arrived.
The Olympic champion and her wife Violet Raseboya have proven to be a very private couple as the baby is rumoured to have been born a few months ago. Daily Sun has reported that their little one is baby girl and her name is ‘Ora’, as Violet refers to herself as ‘Mama Ora.’ continue reading
