Going without food for hours, re-using bedpans filled with faeces, an overflowing bin and being ignored by nursing staff are just some of the conditions patients in isolation at Settlers Hospital in Makhanda say they have had to endure.
News24 has spoken to a patient, as well as the family member of a second patient, after they were placed in isolation showing signs of Covid-19.
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