JOHANNESBURG - From cataracts to knee replacements and hernia repairs, thousands of patients have been on surgery waiting lists for months.
Others have been seeking surgery for years.
By February 2023 the backlog stood at 37,000.
Gauteng's health department responded with a surgery marathon and set up a task team to address this and it now claims it has officially cleared the backlog.
However, naysayers are skeptical.
eNCA senior reporter Silindelo Masikane investigates in the video above.