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E Cape healthcare buckles under COVID-19 pressure

Bankrupt municipalities, reports of COVID-19 patients dying on the streets with no access to healthcare, and a hospital with a thousand available beds, but no staff to work in it.

This is the current reality in the Eastern Cape as the province heads towards its COVID-19 peak.

For more on this we spoke to investigative journalist, Estelle Ellis.

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