Patients don't sleep on plastic covers - dept

The Gauteng department of health has dismissed claims by a provincial legislator that patients at Bheki Mlangeni Hospital have been sleeping on plastic mattress covers for two months due to linen shortages.

- Enkosi Selane

Jack Bloom, a member of the Gauteng provincial legislature, made the claims in media statements, accompanied by photos purporting to show conditions at the hospital.

However, the department has dismissed both the allegations and the supporting evidence as misleading.

According to Motalatale Modiba, head of communication for the Gauteng department of health, the images provided by Bloom do not accurately represent the facility.

"The pictures shared with the media by Bloom are not a true depiction of the reality at Bheki Mlangeni Hospital," Modiba said.