A wildcat strike has left patients at the Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital and surrounding clinics and hospitals without life-saving medicines and treatment for the last two weeks. Reports indicate that the administrative staff went on strike because they are unhappy about their exclusion from a performance bonus.
The Eastern Cape Department of Health (ECDOH) confirmed yesterday that staff from the administration departments and Mthatha medical depot were participating in the wildcat strike, which is not authorised by any of the labour unions. “And it is being treated as such,” said Sizwe Kupelo, spokesperson for the ECDOH. “The department has taken legal action against the strikers and four people have been suspended,” he added
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