DA says Charlotte Maxeke Hospital is facing a shortage of anaesthetists [SOUND]

# The DA in Gauteng says patients are suffering at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Hospital, as operations are delayed or cancelled due to a shortage of anaesthetists. According to the party’s, Jack Bloom, the anaesthetic department has not had a permanent head for six months and there are six unfilled anaesthetist posts. He says at the orthopaedic department, patients are told they will have to wait until April before they can have surgery: