“Thank you for checking. No, it is not from us.
“This is a state hospital and there is no condition that patients must pay and therefore that they must bring those documents,” he said.
The Rev Dr Elizabeth Mamisa Chabula-Nxiweni Field Hospital was tackled as a joint operation by the health department, the Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber, the German government, VWSA and the metro, and opened a fortnight ago.
The fake document is headed Province of the Eastern Cape Health, Rev Dr Elizabeth Mamisa Chabula-Nxiweni, “Your bring-along and leave-at-home list” — and the items to bring include “medical aid card, bank card”.
The document closes with the name of the acting CEO of the hospital, but is not signed or dated.
Fake ‘bring-along’ list for new Eastern Cape field hospital circulating
Image: WERNER HILLS
A document circulating calling for patients being admitted to Nelson Mandela Bay’s new state field hospital to bring their medical aid and bank cards is fake, Eastern Cape health department superintendent-general Dr Thobile Mbengashe said on Friday.
“Thank you for checking. No, it is not from us.
“This is a state hospital and there is no condition that patients must pay and therefore that they must bring those documents,” he said.
The Rev Dr Elizabeth Mamisa Chabula-Nxiweni Field Hospital was tackled as a joint operation by the health department, the Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber, the German government, VWSA and the metro, and opened a fortnight ago.
The fake document is headed Province of the Eastern Cape Health, Rev Dr Elizabeth Mamisa Chabula-Nxiweni, “Your bring-along and leave-at-home list” — and the items to bring include “medical aid card, bank card”.
The document closes with the name of the acting CEO of the hospital, but is not signed or dated.
Bay Covid-19 field hospital officially opened
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