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WATCH | SA's health emergency | Public hospitals bogged down by broken infrastructure

DURBAN - Broken healthcare facilities are the norm for many South Africans.

One such run down facility is Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, which is still not fully operational three years after a fire destroyed sections of it.

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This has meant an influx of patients to other already-stretched hospitals, and even longer waits for treatment.

Dr Cedric Sihlangu, the general secretary of the SA Medical Association Trade Union spoke to eNCA.

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