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JOHANNESBURG – The South African Medical Association rejects suggestions to hospitalize all COVID-19 positive patients in the Western Cape.
The association says this would be illogical since some people only have mild symptoms that do not require professional attention.
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The province has the highest number of coronavirus infections with 5,621 cases and 106 reported deaths.
“There seems to be a suggestion that all COVID-19 positive people will be admitted to the hospital and this was not made clear, so from our perspective we want to unequivocally express our absolute opposition to this particular notion,” said Mark Sonderup from the South African Medical Association.
“There is no way that our system will tolerate that kind of policy, and that international standard is that anyone who is positive, asymptomatic, or mildly asymptomatic can isolate themselves at home.”
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“We are not exempt from understanding that for some people this cannot be possible and in that situation alternative arrangements must clearly be made and those arrangements must be within our hospital services, our services must be maintained and retained for patients who need it in the hospital. time for proper management to be applied. “
