SAfrica public health sector in "severe crisis" - survey.

(From BBC Monitoring International Reports)

Excerpt from unattributed report entitled "A state of emergency" published by South African internet newspaper Mail & Guardian on 29 August; subheading as published

An investigation into public hospitals suggests that state health care is in severe crisis. It is an emergency. Over the past three months, a team comprised of Health-e [a news agency focusing on HIV/AIDS, public health and issues regarding health policy and practice in South Africa] and the Mail and Guardian has visited 26 hospitals around the country and across the system of district, regional and tertiary hospitals. It is a sufficiently …