WATCH | SA public hospitals in the intensive care unit

EKURHULENI - Snaking queues, dilapidated infrastructure and questionable hygiene standards are a running theme in Gauteng hospitals.

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eNCA Senior Reporter Silindelo Masikane went undercover once again, this time in Ekurhuleni.

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Meanwhile civil society organisations and critics say Gauteng's Health MEC should focus on fixing public health facilities rather than deflecting criticism.