The Committee visited the labour ward. The Committee learnt that the ward accommodated patients from the whole of Amatole region. The sister in charge of the labour ward informed the Committee that the staff was using very old CTG (cardiotocography) or foetal monitoring machines that were bought in 2007. When asked about human resources at the ward, the sister informed the Committee that the labour ward was short staffed. She indicated that sometimes, the ward only had five professional nurses, instead of ten professional nurses allocated to it. The ward also only had 20 midwives allocated to it, instead of the required 30 midwives. She also informed the Committee that sometimes one midwife had to take care of six patients. The Committee was also shown an old room, that used to be a labour ward, but which was at the time used as a ward for patients who were in the fourth stage of labour.